A Professional Development Program with an Assessed ePortfolio: A Practical Solution for Engaging Undergraduates with Their Career Development in Large Student Cohorts

Autor/inn/en	Choate, Julia K.; Demaria, Maria; Etheve, Michelle; Cran, Sandy; Carroll, David
Titel	A Professional Development Program with an Assessed ePortfolio: A Practical Solution for Engaging Undergraduates with Their Career Development in Large Student Cohorts
Quelle	In: Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 10 (2019) 2, S.86-103 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1838-3815
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Biomedicine; Career Development; Career Choice; Employment Qualifications; Job Skills; Stress Variables; Student Attitudes; Program Effectiveness; Anxiety; Occupational Aspiration; Well Being; Student Participation; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Biomedizin; Berufsentwicklung; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Produktive Fertigkeit; Schülerverhalten; Angst; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Undergraduate biomedical science degree-programs are considered to be non-vocational, with a diverse range of career outcomes. At our university, student and academic feedback indicated that biomedical science students were anxious and uncertain about their career options. In response to this careers anxiety, an in-curriculum, course-wide and assessed professional development program (PDP) was developed and delivered into the biomedical science degree-program by an integrated team of careers educators and biomedical academics. This program aimed to engage a large cohort of biomedical students (>1000) with their career development, improving their careers awareness and reducing their anxiety about careers options. The impacts of the program on students' career and employability skills development, as well as their self-reported levels of psychological distress, were evaluated with on-line anonymous student surveys. Student engagement with the program was linked with program assessment submission rates and student interactions with the University Careers Service. Completion of the program increased students' careers knowledge and confidence, enhanced their awareness of career options and employability skills and increased their engagement with the University Careers Service. It did not alter students' self-reported levels of depression, anxiety and stress, but students who rated themselves poorly on careers awareness and confidence statements were more likely to have severe depression, anxiety and stress. This program provides a practical approach for students' career and employability skills development in large cohorts, but could be expanded to include an intervention to reduce student anxiety. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability. Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3125. Web site: https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/jtlge/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01