Graduate Students' Interest in Immunology as a Discipline

Autor/inn/en	Kwarteng, Alexander; Frimpong, Michael; Sylverken, Augustina Angelina; Arthur, Yarhands D.; Ahuno, Samuel T.; Owusu-Dabo, Ellis
Titel	Graduate Students' Interest in Immunology as a Discipline
Quelle	In: Cogent Education, 4 (2017) 1, Artikel 1398705 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kwarteng, Alexander) ORCID (Ahuno, Samuel T.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2331-186X
DOI	10.1080/2331186X.2017.1398705
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Graduate Students; Medical Students; Biomedicine; Student Interests; Immunization Programs; Communicable Diseases; Introductory Courses; Questionnaires; Career Choice; Capacity Building; Developing Nations; Statistical Analysis; Student Motivation; Preferences; Teaching Methods; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Biomedizin; Studieninteresse; Immunisierung; Contagious disease; Contagious diseases; Communicable disease; Infektionskrankheit; Einführungskurs; Fragebogen; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Statistische Analyse; Schulische Motivation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Interest and motivation significantly influence achievement; however, interest in immunology remains to be determined. Using a structured questionnaire, the current study assessed for the first time interest in immunology among biomedical graduate students in Ghana after a one-week introduction to immunology course. Our results revealed that approximately 80% of study participants expressed an interest in immunology. In addition, we showed that interest in immunology was independent of age and gender of the study participants. More interestingly, we observed that interest in immunology was primarily influenced by career choice. The findings from the present study have implications on immunology education and calls for investment in building capacity in immunology especially in developing countries. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01