Comparative study on occupational self-concept between nursing and clinical medicine majors
This paper compares the professional self-concept of nursing and clinical medicine undergraduates and explore the main factors affecting their professional self-concept.A total of 674 full-time nursing and clinical medicine students in a medical college in Guilin were selected as research subject by convenience sampling method,including 362 nursing students and 312 clinical medicine students.Survey were conducted by general data and occupational self-concept scale.The research result shows that score of professional self-concept of nursing majors was(3.58±0.52),that of clinical medical college majors was(3.47±0.58),and that of nursing majors was higher than that of clinical medicine majors,with a statistical significance(t=2.529,P<0.05).Linear regression analysis shows that the major,the origin of students,the experience of serving as a student leader,and the motivation of choosing a career are the factors that influence students'career self-concept.It can be concluded that universities should increase the offering of medical humanities courses,carry out practical teaching as soon as possible,strengthen vocational emotion and value education,improve the professional self-concept of medical students,and enhance the employment quality.
nursing majorclinical medicine majorprofessional self-concept