Higher levels of self-efficacy and readiness for a future career among Spanish-speaking physician assistant students after their volunteer work at a student-run free clinic in the United States

Volunteering at a free clinic may influence career choice among health profession students. The purpose of this study was to explore knowledge, skills, attitudes, self-efficacy, interest in future work with the underserved, and interest in primary care among physician assistant (PA) students through...

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Main Authors:	Shannon Weaver, Zainub Hussaini, Virginia Lynn Valentin, Samin Panahi, Sarah Elizabeth Levitt, Jeanie Ashby, Akiko Kamimura
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Korea Health Insurance Licensing Examination Institute 2019-09-01
Series:	Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions
Subjects:	physician assistants medically uninsured primary health care volunteers united states
Online Access:	http://www.jeehp.org/upload/jeehp-16-27.pdf

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spelling	doaj-b059a11d231c4d58b1c3899a76a468992021-01-19T23:42:41ZengKorea Health Insurance Licensing Examination InstituteJournal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions1975-59372019-09-011610.3352/jeehp.2019.16.27334Higher levels of self-efficacy and readiness for a future career among Spanish-speaking physician assistant students after their volunteer work at a student-run free clinic in the United StatesShannon Weaver0Zainub Hussaini1Virginia Lynn Valentin2Samin Panahi3Sarah Elizabeth Levitt4Jeanie Ashby5Akiko Kamimura6Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USADepartment of Sociology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USADivision of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USADepartment of Sociology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USADepartment of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USAMaliheh Free Clinic, Salt Lake City, UT, USADepartment of Sociology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USAVolunteering at a free clinic may influence career choice among health profession students. The purpose of this study was to explore knowledge, skills, attitudes, self-efficacy, interest in future work with the underserved, and interest in primary care among physician assistant (PA) students through an analysis of demographic characteristics of PA students at a student-run free clinic in the United States. Data were collected from 56 PA students through a quantitative survey in October 2018 after their participation at a student-run free clinic in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the intermountain west region of the USA. Out of the 3 sub-scales (attitudes, effect, and readiness), students responded most positively to items exploring the effect of their experiences of volunteering at the free clinic. Students who spoke Spanish showed higher levels of self-efficacy and readiness for a future career than non-Spanish speakers.http://www.jeehp.org/upload/jeehp-16-27.pdfphysician assistantsmedically uninsuredprimary health carevolunteersunited states
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spellingShingle	Shannon Weaver Zainub Hussaini Virginia Lynn Valentin Samin Panahi Sarah Elizabeth Levitt Jeanie Ashby Akiko Kamimura Higher levels of self-efficacy and readiness for a future career among Spanish-speaking physician assistant students after their volunteer work at a student-run free clinic in the United States Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions physician assistants medically uninsured primary health care volunteers united states
author_facet	Shannon Weaver Zainub Hussaini Virginia Lynn Valentin Samin Panahi Sarah Elizabeth Levitt Jeanie Ashby Akiko Kamimura
author_sort	Shannon Weaver
title	Higher levels of self-efficacy and readiness for a future career among Spanish-speaking physician assistant students after their volunteer work at a student-run free clinic in the United States
title_short	Higher levels of self-efficacy and readiness for a future career among Spanish-speaking physician assistant students after their volunteer work at a student-run free clinic in the United States
title_full	Higher levels of self-efficacy and readiness for a future career among Spanish-speaking physician assistant students after their volunteer work at a student-run free clinic in the United States
title_fullStr	Higher levels of self-efficacy and readiness for a future career among Spanish-speaking physician assistant students after their volunteer work at a student-run free clinic in the United States
title_full_unstemmed	Higher levels of self-efficacy and readiness for a future career among Spanish-speaking physician assistant students after their volunteer work at a student-run free clinic in the United States
title_sort	higher levels of self-efficacy and readiness for a future career among spanish-speaking physician assistant students after their volunteer work at a student-run free clinic in the united states
publisher	Korea Health Insurance Licensing Examination Institute
series	Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions
issn	1975-5937
publishDate	2019-09-01
description	Volunteering at a free clinic may influence career choice among health profession students. The purpose of this study was to explore knowledge, skills, attitudes, self-efficacy, interest in future work with the underserved, and interest in primary care among physician assistant (PA) students through an analysis of demographic characteristics of PA students at a student-run free clinic in the United States. Data were collected from 56 PA students through a quantitative survey in October 2018 after their participation at a student-run free clinic in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the intermountain west region of the USA. Out of the 3 sub-scales (attitudes, effect, and readiness), students responded most positively to items exploring the effect of their experiences of volunteering at the free clinic. Students who spoke Spanish showed higher levels of self-efficacy and readiness for a future career than non-Spanish speakers.
topic	physician assistants medically uninsured primary health care volunteers united states
url	http://www.jeehp.org/upload/jeehp-16-27.pdf
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Higher levels of self-efficacy and readiness for a future career among Spanish-speaking physician assistant students after their volunteer work at a student-run free clinic in the United States

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