Students Entering Speech Pathology and other Health Professions: Their Backgrounds, Attitudes and Aspirations

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Comparison of 252 female students entering Speech Pathology and five other health professions revealed that no differences in age, family background or attitudes toward women's role were associated with career choice. Differences in career aspirations, plans and self concepts were found, particularly between students entering degree (Speech Pathology, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy) and diploma courses (Nursing, Orthoptics and Medical Records Administration). Comparison with a sample of university students did not support the hypothesis that health students are more traditional and conservative women. Most students indicated plans to combine career and marriage with some interruption of career during childbearing, suggesting that long term forecasts of staffing problems in the health professions based on characteristics of past recruits, have been unduly pessimistic.

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