Higher levels of self-efficacy and readiness for a future career among Spanish-speaking physician assistant students after their volunteer work at a student-run free clinic in the United States

Shannon Weaver; Zainub Hussaini; Virginia Lynn Valentin; Samin Panahi; Sarah Elizabeth Levitt; Jeanie Ashby; Akiko Kamimura

doi:10.3352/JEEHP.2019.16.27

Higher levels of self-efficacy and readiness for a future career among Spanish-speaking physician assistant students after their volunteer work at a student-run free clinic in the United States

Shannon Weaver, Zainub Hussaini, Virginia Lynn Valentin, Samin Panahi, Sarah Elizabeth Levitt, Jeanie Ashby, Akiko Kamimura

Physician Assistant Studies

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Volunteering at a free clinic may influence career choice among health profession students. The purpose of this study was to explore knowledge, skills, attitudes, self-efficacy, interest in future work with the underserved, and interest in primary care among physician assistant (PA) students through an analysis of demographic characteristics of PA students at a student-run free clinic in the United States. Data were collected from 56 PA students through a quantitative survey in October 2018 after their participation at a student-run free clinic in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the intermountain west region of the USA. Out of the 3 sub-scales (attitudes, effect, and readiness), students responded most positively to items exploring the effect of their experiences of volunteering at the free clinic. Students who spoke Spanish showed higher levels of self-efficacy and readiness for a future career than non-Spanish speakers.

Original language	English
Article number	jeehp-16-27
Journal	Journal of educational evaluation for health professions
Volume	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3352/JEEHP.2019.16.27
State	Published - 2019

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Keywords

Medically uninsured
Physician assistants
Primary health care
United States
Volunteers

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Weaver, S., Hussaini, Z., Valentin, V. L., Panahi, S., Levitt, S. E., Ashby, J., & Kamimura, A. (2019). Higher levels of self-efficacy and readiness for a future career among Spanish-speaking physician assistant students after their volunteer work at a student-run free clinic in the United States. Journal of educational evaluation for health professions, 16, Article jeehp-16-27. https://doi.org/10.3352/JEEHP.2019.16.27

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Weaver S, Hussaini Z, Valentin VL, Panahi S, Levitt SE, Ashby J et al. Higher levels of self-efficacy and readiness for a future career among Spanish-speaking physician assistant students after their volunteer work at a student-run free clinic in the United States. Journal of educational evaluation for health professions. 2019;16:jeehp-16-27. doi: 10.3352/JEEHP.2019.16.27

Higher levels of self-efficacy and readiness for a future career among Spanish-speaking physician assistant students after their volunteer work at a student-run free clinic in the United States

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