Post-graduation Plans of Undergraduate BME Students: Gender, Self-efficacy, Value, and Identity Beliefs.
Bioengineering education
Biomedical engineering education
Career choice
Cluster analysis
Motivation
Survey
Women
Journal
Annals of biomedical engineering
ISSN: 1573-9686
Titre abrégé: Ann Biomed Eng
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0361512
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2021
May 2021
Historique:
received:
04
08
2020
accepted:
12
11
2020
pubmed:
25
11
2020
medline:
6
11
2021
entrez:
24
11
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study investigates career intentions and students' engineering attitudes in BME, with a focus on gender differences. Data from n = 716 undergraduate biomedical engineering students at a large public research institution in the United States were analyzed using hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis. Results revealed five clusters of intended post-graduation plans: Engineering Job and Graduate School, Any Job, Non-Engineering Job and Graduate School, Any Option, and Any Graduate School. Women were evenly distributed across clusters; there was no evidence of gendered career preferences. The main findings in regard to engineering attitudes reveal significant differences by cluster in interest, attainment value, utility value, and professional identity, but not in academic self-efficacy. Yet, within clusters the only gender differences were women's lower engineering academic self-efficacy, interest and professional identity compared to men. Implications and areas of future research are discussed.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33230618
doi: 10.1007/s10439-020-02693-9
pii: 10.1007/s10439-020-02693-9
pmc: PMC8058009
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1275-1287Subventions
Organisme : NICHD NIH HHS
ID : P2C HD042849
Pays : United States
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