Use of Q-Technique to Examine Attitudes of Entering Pharmacy Students toward Their Profession.

Wigger, Ulrike; Mrtek, Robert G.

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ERIC Number: EJ481687

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Use of Q-Technique to Examine Attitudes of Entering Pharmacy Students toward Their Profession.

Wigger, Ulrike; Mrtek, Robert G.

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, v58 n1 p8-15 Spr 1994

A study of applicants to the University of Illinois, Chicago, pharmacy school investigated 21 students' subjective motivations for seeking a professional degree. Students were identified as low or high academic performance and as exhibiting clinical, family, science, undecided, traditional community, and altruistic orientations. Implications of results for pharmacy education are examined. (MSE)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Pharmaceutical Education, Professional Education, Research Methodology, Role Perception, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics, Surveys, Work Attitudes

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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