School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, International Medical University, No 126, Jalan Jalil Perkasa 19, Bukit Jalil, 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2010 Nov 10;74(9):166. doi: 10.5688/aj7409166.
To identify and evaluate factors affecting the career preferences of fourth-year bachelor of pharmacy (BPharm) students in Malaysia in the presence of a 4-year period of mandatory government service.
A validated self-administered questionnaire was used in this cross-sectional study to collect data from final-year BPharm students enrolled at 3 government-funded universities and 1 private university in Malaysia. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis.
Three hundred fourteen students responded (213 from public universities and 101 from the private university). Approximately 32% of public university students and 37% of private university students ranked their own interest in pharmacy as the reason for undertaking pharmacy degree studies; 40.4% of public and 19.8% of private university respondents stated that they would enter a nonpharmacy-related career upon graduation if given the choice. Public university students ranked hospital pharmacy as their choice of first career setting (4.39, p = 0.001), while private students ranked community pharmacy first (4.1, p = 0.002). On a scale of 1 to 5, salary received the highest mean score (3.9 and 4.0, p = 0.854) as the extrinsic factor most influencing their career choice.
Final-year students at Malaysian public universities were most interested in hospital pharmacy practice as their first career step upon graduation, while private university students were most interested in community pharmacy. The top 3 extrinsic factors rated as significant in selecting a career destination were salary, benefits, and geographical location.
在有 4 年强制性政府服务的情况下，确定并评估影响马来西亚药学专业四年级学生职业偏好的因素。
本横断面研究使用经过验证的自我管理问卷从马来西亚 3 所政府资助的大学和 1 所私立大学的最后一年药学学士（BPharm）学生中收集数据。数据分析采用描述性和推断性统计。
314 名学生（公立大学 213 名，私立大学 101 名）做出回应。约 32%的公立大学学生和 37%的私立大学学生将自己对药学的兴趣列为从事药学学位学习的原因；40.4%的公立和 19.8%的私立大学受访者表示，如果有选择，他们毕业后将从事非药学相关的职业。公立大学学生将医院药房列为他们首选的第一职业环境（4.39，p = 0.001），而私立学生则将社区药房列为首选（4.1，p = 0.002）。在 1 到 5 的范围内，薪酬获得了最高的平均得分（公立大学为 3.9，私立大学为 4.0，p = 0.854），作为影响他们职业选择的最重要外在因素。
马来西亚公立大学的最后一年学生对毕业后的第一份职业最感兴趣的是医院药房实践，而私立大学的学生最感兴趣的是社区药房。在选择职业目的地方面，排名前三的外在因素是薪酬、福利和地理位置。
