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Pharmacy students' initial career choices versus subsequent career paths: a cross-sectional study
Roy Kanbar1, Aline H Saad2, Imad F Btaiche3
1Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, School of Pharmacy, Lebanese American University, Byblos campus, Byblos, P.O. Box 36, Lebanon.
Pharmacy graduates
Area of Science:
- Pharmacy education
- Career development
- Graduate studies
Background:
- Pharmacy students often lack awareness of diverse career paths.
- Limited research exists on pharmacy students' career interests versus actual career paths.
- No studies have compared initial student career choices with post-graduation career trajectories.
Purpose of the Study:
- To compare the initial career choices of pharmacy students with their subsequent career paths after graduation.
- To analyze the alignment between student aspirations and professional practice in pharmacy.
Main Methods:
- Descriptive cross-sectional study analyzing retrospective data from 2012-2019.
- Compared initial career choices from a course with graduates' career paths from school records.
- Analyzed career paths based on degree type: Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) vs. Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BS Pharm).
Main Results:
- Only 30.8% of graduates' career paths matched their initial student choices.
- Top initial choices: community pharmacy, clinical pharmacy, pharmaceutical industry.
- Top actual paths: pharmaceutical industry, community pharmacy, clinical pharmacy.
- BS Pharm graduates favored industry and community pharmacy; PharmD graduates favored clinical pharmacy.
Conclusions:
- A significant divergence exists between pharmacy students' initial career aspirations and their eventual professional paths.
- Pharmacy curricula require enhancement to better prepare students for the breadth of available career opportunities.
- Understanding this discrepancy is crucial for guiding future pharmacists and refining educational strategies.
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