title: [A self-improvement and participatory career development education program involving internships and volunteer training experience for pharmacy students: results verified in a follow-up survey three years after participation].
abstract: The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, offers the Self-improvement and Participatory Career Development Education Program: Internship and Volunteer Training Experience for Pharmacy Students to third-year students. We previously reported that the training experience was effective in cultivating important attributes among students, such as a willingness to learn the aims of pharmacists, an awareness of their own role as healthcare workers, and a desire to reflect on their future careers and lives. A follow-up survey of the participants was carried out three years after the training experience. The questionnaire verified that the training experience affected attendance at subsequent lectures and course determination after graduation. We confirmed the relationship between the participants' degree of satisfaction with the training experience and increased motivation for attending subsequent lectures. Through the training experience, participants discovered future targets and subjects of study. In addition, they became more interested in subsequent classroom lessons and their future. The greater the participants' degree of satisfaction with their training experience, the more interest they took in practical training and future courses. The present study clarified that the training experience was effective in cultivating important attributes such as a willingness to learn and an interest in future courses. Moreover, the training positively affected the course determination after graduation.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University.
authors.forename: Wasako
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kurio
authors.forename: Motomi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: Tomofumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.forename: Teruyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakao
authors.forename: Tomoki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Takumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamamuro
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Tomoe
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yanada
authors.forename: Tomohisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasuhara
authors.forename: Takeyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: Kiyokazu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogita
authors.forename: Tomomichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sone
mesh_terms: D004512:Education, Pharmacy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires