Alsharif Walaa M, Alyami Jaber H, Qurashi Abdulaziz A, Aljuhani Raghad A, Alqrafi Rawan K, Alraddadi Razan S, Alhojeli Elaf A, Aldahery Shrooq T, Alshamrani Khalid M, Alshoabi Sultan A, Suliman Awadia G
Diagnostic Radiology Technology Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
Diagnostic Radiology department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Adv Med Educ Pract. 2022 Aug 24;13:955-967. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S374194. eCollection 2022.
To identify factors influencing Saudi students to choose radiography as their academic major and future career field.
This study involved quantitative (online questionnaire) and qualitative (semi-structured interview) approaches. An online questionnaire was distributed among (n = 308) students. The questionnaire contained 30 questions covering the following three domains: economy, vocational and personal. A total of 25 individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with purposive sampling of radiography students in seven universities (public and private) across the western region of Saudi Arabia. Interview responses were coded, and main themes were extracted based on Miles and Huberman's framework.
The findings demonstrated that radiography was the first option as profession for 44% of the study participants. Several factors that study participants considered important were in the realm of patient care, helping patients, radiographer-patient relations, science-based profession, and the desire to work in the healthcare system. A few participants (14%) reported that they are planning to change their profession to another medical speciality. Four themes were identified from the interviews: 1) Profession decision-making, 2) changing career", 3) difficulties and challenges, and 4) recommended radiography as a profession.
The results of the study support the need to bridge the gap between high school, universities, and employment through a collaborative network to assist students in exploring their career path by providing sufficient information and experience.
确定影响沙特学生选择放射学作为其学术专业和未来职业领域的因素。
本研究采用定量（在线问卷）和定性（半结构化访谈）方法。向308名学生发放了在线问卷。问卷包含30个问题，涵盖以下三个领域：经济、职业和个人。对沙特阿拉伯西部地区七所大学（公立和私立）的放射学专业学生进行了有目的抽样，共进行了25次个人半结构化访谈。对访谈回复进行编码，并根据迈尔斯和休伯曼的框架提取主要主题。
研究结果表明，44%的研究参与者将放射学作为首选职业。研究参与者认为重要的几个因素涉及患者护理、帮助患者、放射技师与患者的关系、基于科学的职业以及在医疗系统工作的愿望。少数参与者（14%）报告说他们计划将职业改为另一个医学专业。从访谈中确定了四个主题：1）职业决策，2）职业转变，3）困难与挑战，4）推荐放射学作为一种职业。
研究结果支持需要通过合作网络弥合高中、大学和就业之间的差距，以便通过提供足够的信息和经验来帮助学生探索他们的职业道路。
