Career aspirations and factors influencing career choices of optometry students in Ghana.

ABSTRACT: Optometry students in clinical years are usually faced with the challenges of making a career choice in or outside optometry. This cross sectional study was conducted to investigate the career aspirations of optometry students in Ghana. All students in their fourth to sixth year who consented to participate in the study responded to a questionnaire which explored: demographic characteristics, career aspirations, and factors influencing their choices. Descriptive statistics was used to present data as frequencies, proportions and percentages. Chi-square test and logistic regression analysis were used to evaluate relationships between variables. Two hundred and nine students from the two optometry training institutions in Ghana; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (49.8%) and

SUBMITTER: Kobia-Acquah E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7259716 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature