Perfil valórico en profesionales de odontología que laboran en la Universidad Santo Tomás

Abstract

Introduction: The value profile is a group of values ​​that arise based on the specific behaviors of the human being in specific situations. The value profile of dentistry professionals who work at the Santo Tomás Bucaramanga University is of great importance for the training of students, values ​​were manifested as a fundamental element in the profile as a health professional Objective: Determine the value profile of professionals of dentistry who work at the Santo Tomás Bucaramanga University. Materials and methods: a cross-sectional analytical observational study was carried out, the sample was 72 professionals, the inclusion criteria were dental professionals who were working in the dental school during the period of 2022. The instrument carried out was the Chilean adaptation of the Schwartz and Bilsky value survey, in 1991 this is a questionnaire divided into 2 groupings of values, the first are the terminal values ​​and the second the instrumental values, each value is derived from 11 domains, on the other hand, the tests Statistics used for the relationship of domains with the sociodemographic variables were T student, Kruskal Wallis, rank sum test and the Anova test. Results: 58.33% made up of women, 41.67% by men, average age was 28 to 35 years, 55.56% belong to socioeconomic stratum four, 59.72% of professionals have a maximum level of education specialization and years of professional experience average 3 to 10 years, professionals considered the most important domains to be benevolence, spirituality and universalism. Conclusions: The value profile of dental professionals is based on the values ​​that seek to honor parents and the elderly, have a spiritual life and be honest.