Internship program in King Saud University College of Dentistry. Attitudes of Interns

The objective of the present survey was to look into the altitudes of the interns towards their training program in King Saud University College of Dentistry. A self administered questionnaire was designed for this purpose. One hundred and twenty four interns participated in the survey. The branch of dentistry in which they liked to work most was restorative dentistry (20.3%) followed by prosthodontics (18.9%) and oral surgery (16.2%) and endodontics 16.2%). The greatest faculty assistance was required in orthodontics (46.3%) followed by oral surgery (20.9%) and diagnosis (17.9%). 80.5% of the interns were interested in further studies. The most favorite subject for further studies was oral surgery (37.9%) followed by restorative dentistry (18.9%) and prosthetics (17.9%). A considerable majority of the interns and a very positive attitude towards dentistry as a profession.King Saud Universit