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Direct linkS. S. Prakash; N. Muthuraman – Discover Education, 2024
Introduction: The learning approach of undergraduate medical students can be influenced by motivations toward learning medicine as well as perceived outcomes such as their specialty preference in the future. In this study, we analyze the relationships between learning approach, motivation to study medicine, and factors related to their specialty…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Student Motivation
Isabel Miller; Grisel Lopez-Alvarez; M. Teresa Cardador; Karin J. Jensen – Biomedical Engineering Education, 2024
Biomedical engineering is a broad and interdisciplinary field that prepares graduates for a variety of careers across multiple career sectors. Given this breadth, undergraduate degree programs often have formal or informal opportunities for students to further specialize within the biomedical engineering major to develop skills in subdisciplines…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Decision Making, Biomedicine, Engineering Education
Download full textLina M. Adwer; Taylor Nelson; Kristy Carlson – Educational Research: Theory and Practice, 2024
The landscape of medical specialty choice is dynamic, undergoing significant changes as students' progress through undergraduate and graduate medical training. These shifts are influenced by various factors, with financial considerations becoming increasingly relevant among medical students' preferences. This study conducts a retrospective…
Descriptors: Physicians, Labor Supply, Primary Health Care, Medical Education
Jill A. Reese; Christa R. Kuebel; Christina L. Svec – Journal of Music Teacher Education, 2024
The purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of preservice music educators' perceptions of elementary general music (EGM), pedagogical competencies, and specialization preference. Preservice music teachers responded to a survey about perceptions of personal experiences with EGM, preparation and comfort related to EGM, and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Music Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Occupational Aspiration
Steven L. Gill; Brett S. Kawada – Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations, 2021
This study addresses the issue of decreasing accounting student interest in the specialized taxation discipline. Using survey responses from accounting students around the United States, the authors find that one of the most important influences on the choice of a taxation specialization over other accounting fields is the fascination and interest…
Descriptors: Accounting, Student Interests, Specialization, Taxes
Olsson, Caroline; Kalén, S.; Ponzer, S. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2019
Several studies have demonstrated that medical students and doctors rank specialties differently in terms of perceived status and prestige. At the same time some of the specialties have problems with recruiting and retaining staff. This study aimed to understand what constitutes status and prestige in the medical field and how it influences…
Descriptors: Physicians, Career Choice, Specialization, Reputation
Schnall, Itiya; Weiss-Gal, Idit – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2023
Most of the studies exploring social work education's impact on working with older adults (OA) examine intentions among students. This study goes beyond expressed intention and focuses upon the actual post-graduation career choices of 20 cohorts (1996-2016) of BSW graduates of an OA concentration at an Israeli school of social work. The 203 study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Work, Professional Education, College Graduates
Fteiha, Mohammad; Al Bustami, Ghanem – Cogent Education, 2023
The study aims to investigate the attitude of students with postgraduate diplomas in teaching towards the teaching profession and its relationship with specialization, cumulative average, school quality, and school grade variables. The study sample consisted of 300 second-semester students enrolled in the educational training program for the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Educational Attitudes, Teaching (Occupation)
Davison, Ian; McManus, Chris; Brown, Celia – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2020
Recruitment to General Practice (GP) is currently low in many countries. Here we focus on two binary choices for junior doctors: first, whether to apply to GP; second, whether to accept a GP training place if offered. Previous attitudinal studies have indicated factors claimed to affect recruitment. The current study goes further by quantifying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physicians, Recruitment, Career Choice
Faidley, Evan W. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This interpretive qualitative study examined how professional socialization experiences shape the student affairs specialty choice of higher education and student affairs (HESA) master's-level students. This research utilized Perez's (2014) conceptual model to comprehend participants' socialization, sensemaking, and self-authorship as they reflect…
Descriptors: Socialization, Student Personnel Services, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes
Reys, Robert E.; Reys, Barbara J.; Shih, Jeffrey C. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2021
Some people pursuing a doctorate in mathematics education are interested in specializing in a specific area within mathematics education. In addition, people considering postdoctoral appointments often choose institutions that have niches or specializations aligned with their long-term career goals. These specialty areas are typically the result…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Mathematics Education, Postdoctoral Education, Specialization
Atkin, JoAnn L.; Bowie, Anthony Alland; Cowley, Scott; Eckert, James A.; Ferrin, Bruce G.; Harrison, Robert L.; Lancendorfer, Karen M.; Luqmani, Mushtaq; Luqmani, Zahida; Leingpibul, Thaweephan; Mumuni, Alhassan G.; O'Reilly, Kelley; Quraeshi, Zahir A.; Samples, Robert G.; Veeck, Ann; Xie, Hu; Zondag, Marcellis M. – Journal of Marketing Education, 2022
Many business colleges offer specialized marketing majors in addition to the general marketing major. Given the extra resources needed to maintain multiple majors, in a time when higher education budgets are being strained, a need exists to understand how students make choices among these majors and what students perceive to be the advantages of…
Descriptors: Marketing, Majors (Students), Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes
Ya-Wen Tseng; Francisco Rowe; Eric S. Lin – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
Interdisciplinary education has become increasingly prominent as a core instrument to prepare the next generation workforce. Yet, little is known about the impacts of long-term degree-oriented interdisciplinary education on post-graduation outcomes. This paper aims to investigate the influence of long-term degree-oriented interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, College Graduates, Outcomes of Education, Education Work Relationship
Manalansan, Edson Boy R.; Fogata, Marjorie A.; Rogayan, Danilo V., Jr. – Journal of Science Learning, 2020
Choosing a career path is difficult for students, especially in their transition from senior high school to college. Students struggle to select the most viable program that suits their interests, skills, and passion. Hence, most students end up shifting among courses and, at worst, dropping out of their program. This qualitative study explores…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Career Choice, Specialization
Landrum, R. Eric – Teaching of Psychology, 2018
Challenges abound in providing accurate and useful information to prospective and declared psychology majors about their career options and how to make decisions that will lead to satisfying and rewarding postgraduate lives. One component of this challenge is that by majoring in psychology, career affordances (i.e., the opportunities and…
Descriptors: Affordances, Alignment (Education), Academic Advising, Undergraduate Students
