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Exploring pharmacy students chosen career path: a year-on-year perspective
Higher Education ( IF 3.947 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-02 , DOI: 10.1007/s10734-020-00610-6
Mumtaz Hussain , Shariza Sahudin , Syahirah Mohd Fauzi , Nurshahirah Abdul Manaf , Mohd Shahezwan Abd Wahab

There are many factors that motivate students to choose a particular academic major, whether it is due to interest, salary, or family. Government policies and the curriculum imposed on students may also have an impact. The education and training of future pharmacists offered in various universities should include the skill set necessary for fitness to practice in all the different areas of pharmacy, and not focused on one particular area as this would adversely affect student’s perception or interests. In our study, we investigate pharmacy students’ views to why they chose to study pharmacy, their chosen future career path, and whether these choices change moving from years 1 to 4. Our results revealed key deciding factors for the profession of pharmacy, include the desire to help improve the populations’ health and well-being, the desire to work within healthcare, and salary. These factors remain consistent going from first-year to fourth-year students. Career aspirations consistently highlight hospital pharmacy, with community pharmacy second, with a lower interest in academia and industry. As a conclusion, our data revealed pharmacy students consistently prefer hospital and community pharmacy as a chosen career path, with a stronger preference for hospitals. These figures remain consistent at all levels, and pharmacy students remain committed to their chosen degree, with more than 85% of final year students continueing to look forward to a career in pharmacy. These results are parallel with pharmacy students’ applications to their pre-registration or pupillage training, which are predominantly in hospital pharmacy. If this trend continues, the hospital sectors would soon be saturated, while other pharmacy sectors sidelined.



中文翻译:

探索药学专业学生选择的职业道路:逐年视角

有很多因素会促使学生选择特定的学术专业,无论是出于兴趣,薪水还是家庭。政府对学生施加的政策和课程也可能会产生影响。在各所大学中对未来的药剂师进行的教育和培训应包括适合在所有不同领域的药学中实践的必要技能,而不是专注于某个特定领域,因为这会对学生的感知或兴趣产生不利影响。在我们的研究中,我们调查药房学生的看法,以了解他们为什么选择学习药房,他们选择的未来职业道路以及这些选择是否会从1年级过渡到4年级。我们的结果揭示了药学专业的关键决定因素,包括渴望帮助改善人们的健康和福祉,在医疗保健领域工作的愿望和薪水。这些因素从一年级到四年级一直保持不变。职业期望始终突出医院药房,其次是社区药房,对学术界和行业的兴趣较低。总而言之,我们的数据显示,药学专业的学生一贯更喜欢医院和社区药学,并将其作为选择的职业道路,对医院的偏好更大。这些数字在各个级别上都保持一致,并且药学专业的学生仍然致力于他们选择的学位,超过85%的最后一年的学生继续期待着药学专业的发展。这些结果与药房学生的预注册或学生学习培训申请相吻合,这主要是在医院药房进行的。如果这种趋势持续下去,

更新日期:2020-09-02
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