title: A career exploration assignment for first-year pharmacy students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop, implement, and assess student-learning outcomes from an assignment designed to expose first-year pharmacy students (P1) to a wide range of pharmacy career pathways.
  
  
  METHODS
  Students enrolled in a required Pharmacy Practice and Ethics course at the Lebanese American University chose 1 pharmacist career to investigate from a suggested list of 28 career pathways. Students completed a literature review on the selected career, interviewed a pharmacist practicing that career path in Lebanon, wrote a paper, and prepared and delivered a summary presentation to their classmates about the career pathway. Students peer evaluated their classmates after each presentation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  More than 85% of the students scored ≥70% on the assignment based on their achievement of student learning outcomes. Responses on an anonymous questionnaire showed that more than 94.6% of students were satisfied with the extent to which the course allowed them to meet the established learning outcomes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A career exploration assignment provided pharmacy students with an opportunity to widen their knowledge and understanding of the different career pathways that are available for them.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Lydia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sholy
authors.forename: Rony
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zeenny
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D003479:Curriculum; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007861:Lebanon; D008297:Male; D010380:Peer Review; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: career; career pathways; pharmacy; students