The Capabilities That Count for Early Professional Success in Pharmacy: A Case Study of Graduates, Employer and Course Team Perspectives

Autor/inn/en	Tee, Lisa; Ferns, Sonia; Hughes, Jeffery D.
Titel	The Capabilities That Count for Early Professional Success in Pharmacy: A Case Study of Graduates, Employer and Course Team Perspectives
Quelle	In: Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 9 (2018) 1, S.23-40 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1838-3815
Schlagwörter	Employment Qualifications; Pharmacy; Health Personnel; Success; College Graduates; Bachelors Degrees; Foreign Countries; Program Effectiveness; Job Skills; Individual Characteristics; Employers; College Faculty; Job Placement; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Apotheke; Medizinisches Personal; Erfolg; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Ausland; Produktive Fertigkeit; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Fakultät; Employment service; Employment services; Arbeitsvermittlung; Australien
Abstract	This study gathered and analysed the perceptions of graduates, employers, and the course team regarding graduate capabilities required for early professional success in pharmacy and the extent to which these capabilities are demonstrated in new graduates. The Graduate Employability Indicator (GEI) surveys were administered online to gather stakeholders' perceptions about the Bachelor of Pharmacy offered at a large Australian university. The GEI asks graduates the extent to which their course experience contributed to achievement of the capabilities, and asks employers and course teams about the extent to which new graduates demonstrated the capabilities. This study also assessed the incentives and disincentives of the course team for assisting to develop work-related skills, attributes and personal qualities. In total, 95 graduates, 109 employers and 42 members of the course team participated in the survey. The findings indicated that graduates preferred earlier professional placement in the course. Employers identified communication and professional skills as the most useful capabilities for new graduates. Members of the course team identified benefits to the students, industry and university as the main incentives for developing graduate employability. Both employers and course team members perceived the use of technology demonstrated by the graduates as important, however the graduates perceived this as much less important compared to other capabilities This study provided an evidence-based approach to engage the course team in curriculum renewal for the Bachelor of Pharmacy program. Data collected using the GEI tool provided valuable information for reshaping the curriculum structure. (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