Page 17 - The Dental Workforce in Malaysia

Abbreviations

APC: Annual Practicing Certificate
AIMST: Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology
ANOVA: Analysis of Variance
ASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations
AUCMS: Allianze University College of Medical Sciences
BDM: Biomedical & Health Sciences, Dentistry, Medicine
CFA: Confirmatory Factor Analysis
CfWI: Centre for Workforce Intelligence
CFI: Comparative Fit Index
DCPs: Dental Care Professionals
Df: Degree of Freedom
Dft: Decayed and Filled Teeth
DMFT: Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth
DSAs: Dental surgery assistants
EFA: Exploratory Factor Analysis
GDC: General Dental Council
GMI: Gallagher Motivation Instrument
GHWA: Global Health Workforce Alliance
GPA: Grade Point Average
HEE: Health Education England
HRH: Human Resources for Health
HSC: Higher School Certificate
HSR: Health services research
IMU: International Medical University
LUC: Lincoln University College
MAHSA: Malaysian Allied Health Sciences Academy
MANOVA: Multivariate analysis of variance
MDA: Malaysian Dental Association
MDC: Malaysian Dental Council
MFCM: Muhd Firdaus Che Musa (researcher)
MFDS: Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery
MJDF: Membership of the Joint Dental Faculties
MMMC: Melaka-Manipal Medical College