Odontologia e gestão empresarial

Abstract

The increasing competitiveness in the Dentistry job market has required dental surgeons to strive not only for excellence in technical and scientific knowledge and manual skills, but also to develop an entrepreneurial profile and be skilled in business management. However, this is still a field overlooked by many undergraduate courses. For this reason, most newcomers to the market feel unmotivated and unprepared to run a business. This study aims to determine the profile of the undergraduate student of the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS) Dentistry course regarding the ability to manage a private practice or clinic, assessing whether the course covers this theme, preparing their students to face the labor market satisfactorily in this regard. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study, whose population was composed of students from the ninth and tenth semesters of the Department of Dentistry of UFS, from which it was observed that 76% of respondents were female, 94% have less than 30 years, that 88% of the sample intend to open their own private dental office or clinic and 100% of respondents reported not having attended a specific discipline on this subject and need further training on management. With this study it was possible to conclude how important is the teaching of management and administration focused on dentistry, because this need is already recognized by students, professionals and even some institutions. However, it is still a topic neglected by UFS and other institutions, a situation that needs to be urgently reviewed.