Predicting Veterinary Career Intentions Using Motivational Characteristics: A Survey Study Among Hungarian Students.

ABSTRACT: The path to becoming a veterinarian often begins well before university education, so understanding students' career choices is essential. This study aimed to identify motivational characteristics of Hungarian high school students interested in veterinary medicine. Between December 2022 and March 2023, a questionnaire was distributed during high school career days, university open days, and via online platforms to collect data on students' backgrounds, motivations, childhood animal exposure, and alternative career options. Recursive conditional Classification and Regression Tree (CART) models were used to identify motivational characteristics predicting veterinary career intentions. Among 428 respondents (74.1% female; mean age 17.8 years), a fondness for animals emerged as the predominant

SUBMITTER: Szucs L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12737562 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature