Pipeline Shortages: A Quantitative Study on the Factors Influencing Undergraduate Students to Enter a Respiratory Care Program

Autor/in	Shultis, Lisa Marie
Titel	Pipeline Shortages: A Quantitative Study on the Factors Influencing Undergraduate Students to Enter a Respiratory Care Program
Quelle	(2023), (153 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ed.D. Dissertation, Northcentral University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	979-8-3797-1346-1
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Allied Health Occupations Education; Allied Health Personnel; Enrollment Trends; Undergraduate Study; Career Choice; Marketing; Undergraduate Students; Intention; Student Attitudes; Age Differences; Social Media; Salaries; Parents + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Grundstudium; Schülerverhalten; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Soziale Medien; Entlohnung; Gehalt; Eltern
Abstract	The low student enrollment in respiratory care programs nationwide has led to a pipeline shortage of respiratory care practitioners. The deficit of essential health care workers, such as respiratory care practitioners, has resulted in staffing shortages and resource strains in hospitals nationwide. The purpose of this study was to research the problem of low enrollment in undergraduate respiratory care programs by identifying the factors that determine a students' career choice and improve marketing strategies to bolster enrollment. This study was framed by Lent et al.'s social cognitive career theory. Three hundred and forty-seven undergraduate freshman and sophomore health science student enrolled in a university in the northeast were invited to participate in this nonexperimental quantitative survey research using the university's email system. Participants were asked to respond to the invitation and complete a Qualtrics survey questionnaire. The final sample of 103 participants was selected through convenience sampling. Data in this study were gathered using a 17-item survey instrument that was developed specifically for this study and was online, anonymous, and used Likert scale and fixed answer questions. Information was collected using the Qualtrics tool and analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics software. The data analysis revealed that the intention to enroll in a respiratory care program is dependent on age level, social media, knowing the salary of the profession, and the student's parental occupation. The implications of these findings may provide parents, educators, career counselors, and university admissions teams with information and strategies for recruiting of students into undergraduate respiratory care programs and expanding the literature on the factors that influence a student to make a career choice. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01