Several frameworks are presented for understanding the development of interest in the role of the Physician Associate as a potential career opportunity for nurses. The contribution of professional role identification with nursing, medicine, and amalgamation of the two professions are explored as a basis for career choice. The usefulness of the current mobility model in health careers emphasizin...

conclusions perceptions of nursing were significantly different from those of the ideal career in most of the attributes. therefore, it is recommended that nurses’ income, workplace safety, and sense of being appreciated and respected by all authorities should be improved. background identification of the attributes of nursing and the ideal career, and their similarities and differences, as per...

A cross-sectional study of a cohort of 197 clinical dental students in the four accredited dental schools in Nigeria was conducted to determine the sociodemographic characteristics of these dental students and their motives for the choice of dentistry. The results indicate that the number of female dental students in Nigeria is increasing, which reflects a trend well established in virtually al...

BACKGROUND The shortage of doctors in all specialties in Malawi is particularly severe in rural areas. Contributory factors are the low number of students graduating each year, migration of doctors, and the preference of new graduates for practising in urban areas. Attempts to increase the output from Malawi's only medical school are insufficient to meet the country's healthcare needs. METHOD...

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between career choice and individual values. For this purpose, a study was performed on students of a Turkish University after explaining the concepts of career choice and the individual values. There found a significant relationship between career choice and individual values. In addition, significant relationships between sub-dimensions ...

We studied the distributional preferences of an elite cadre of Yale Law School students, a group that will assume positions of power in U.S. society. Our experimental design allows us to test whether redistributive decisions are consistent with utility maximization and to decompose underlying preferences into two qualitatively different tradeoffs: fair-mindedness versus self-interest, and equal...