International Journal of Health Management and Tourism 2458-9608 Dilaver TENGİLİMOĞLU 10.31201/ijhmt.1667860 Health and Community Services Health Management Sağlık ve Toplum Hizmetleri Sağlık Yönetimi Geleceğin Sağlık Çalışanları Olarak Diş Hekimliği Öğrencilerinin Psikolojik Dayanıklılık Düzeylerinin Değerlendirilmesi An Assessment of Psychological Resilience Levels of Dental Students as Future Healthcare Workers https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6730-2586 Ünlü Tuğçe Nuriye BİRUNİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, MESLEK YÜKSEKOKULU https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9542-9018 Akmansoy Şükrü Can MARMARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, DİŞ HEKİMLİĞİ FAKÜLTESİ, KLİNİK BİLİMLER BÖLÜMÜ, PROTETİK DİŞ TEDAVİSİ ANABİLİM DALI https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2330-7745 Polat Akmansoy Berceste MARMARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, DİŞ HEKİMLİĞİ FAKÜLTESİ https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7584-3297 Kitapçı Okan Cem MARMARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, SAĞLIK YÖNETİMİ BÖLÜMÜ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8040-2151 Kılıç Aksu Pınar ÜSKÜDAR ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, SAĞLIK YÖNETİMİ BÖLÜMÜ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2280-2931 Mumcu Gonca İSTANBUL OKAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, DİŞ HEKİMLİĞİ FAKÜLTESİ, KLİNİK BİLİMLER BÖLÜMÜ, AĞIZ, DİŞ VE ÇENE RADYOLOJİSİ ANABİLİM DALI 07 25 2025 10 2 215 231 03 29 2025 06 17 2025 Copyright © 2016, International Journal of Health Management and Tourism 2016 International Journal of Health Management and Tourism

Amaç: Diş hekimliği eğitimi, öğrencilerin ağız ve diş sağlığı sorunlarını önleme, teşhis etme ve tedavi etme becerilerini kazanmaları için hem teorik bilgiyi hem de klinik uygulamayı içerir. Diş hekimliği öğrencileri, yoğun ders yüküne yetişememe ve klinik gereklilikleri tamamlama konusunda stres yaşayabilmektedir. Bu nedenle, bu çalışma geleceğin sağlık çalışanları olan diş hekimliği öğrencilerinin psikolojik dayanıklılık seviyelerini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır.Yöntemler: Bu kesitsel çalışma, bir vakıf üniversitesinden (VÜ) 678 diş hekimliği öğrencisini (K/E: 428/250) ve bir devlet üniversitesinden (DÜ) 550 öğrenciyi (K/E: 358/192) içermektedir. Veriler, kişisel bilgileri içeren bir anket ve 6 maddelik “Kısa Dayanıklılık Ölçeği” (KDÖ) (1-6 puan) ile toplanmıştır. KDÖ puanı, düşük dayanıklılık (0,05).Sonuç: Cinsiyet, klinik eğitim aşaması ve üniversite profiline göre psikolojik dayanıklılık seviyelerinde farklılıklar gözlemlendiğinden, diş hekimliği öğrencilerini güçlendirmek amacıyla bu faktörleri dikkate alan mentorluk programları geliştirilmelidir.

Aim: Dental education includes both theoretical knowledge and clinical practice so that students acquire the skills to prevent, diagnose and treat oral health problems. Dental students feel stress owing to an inability to keep up with the workload and to complete clinical requirements. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the psychological resilience levels in dental students as future healthcare workers.Methods: This cross-sectional study included 678 dental students (F/M:428/250) from a foundation university (FU) and 550 students (F/M:358/192) from a public university (PU). Data were collected by a questionnaire regarding personal information and the “Brief Resilience Scale” (BRS) with a 6-item (1-6 points). The BRS score was categorized into two groups as the low resilience (

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