Exploring the Status and Enhancement Strategies of Students'Professional Identity Majored in Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Objective To investigate the status of professional identity of students majoring in public health and preventive medicine,and to explore the factors affecting their professional identity and its enhancement strategies.Methods A combination of questionnaires and qualitative interviews was used to identify the status of students'professional identity in public health and preven-tive medicine at Jinzhou Medical University and other colleges.Results The mean score of the Professional Identity Scale for Colle-gians public health and preventive medicine was(3.54±0.62)score,and the differences in professional identity among students in different grades(F=5.418,P<0.001)and academic performance(F=5.430,P=0.005)were statistically significant.The results of the qualitative interviews showed that the course,internship opportunities,employment prospects and career direction and social accep-tance are all factors affecting the sense of professional identity.Conclusion Current academic performance,grade,course set and arrangement,matching internship opportunities,social acceptance,employment prospect and employment direction may be the influ-encing factors of students'professional identity.Measures should be taken at the national,social,school and student levels to enhance students'professional identity.
Public Health and Preventive MedicineProfessional identitySocial recognition
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