Final-year pharmacy undergraduate students' career intention and its influencing factors: a questionnaire study in northwest China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Career intention is closely related to the distribution of university graduates across sectors in pharmacy-related field. The aim of the study was to describe career intention and identify its influencing factors among final-year pharmacy undergraduate students in China.

Methods

A questionnaire study on demographic characteristics, educational situation, family background, occupational value and career intention was conducted among final-year pharmacy undergraduate students at three universities in northwest China. Exploratory factor analysis was used to identify the constructs of occupational value. Multinominal logistic regression was adopted to analyse the factors influencing career intention.

Results

Among the 275 student participants, 62.6% intended to

SUBMITTER: Zhang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7640686 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature