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Was Pharmacy Their Preferred Choice? Assessing Pharmacy Students’ Motivation To Study Pharmacy, Attitudes And Future Career Intentions In Sierra Leone, Peter Bai James, Moses Nathanael Pessima Batema, Abdulai Jawo Bah, Tima Sannah Brewah, Alphan Tejan Kella, Michael Lahai, Shazia Qasim Jamshed
Was Pharmacy Their Preferred Choice? Assessing Pharmacy Students’ Motivation To Study Pharmacy, Attitudes And Future Career Intentions In Sierra Leone, Peter Bai James, Moses Nathanael Pessima Batema, Abdulai Jawo Bah, Tima Sannah Brewah, Alphan Tejan Kella, Michael Lahai, Shazia Qasim Jamshed
Health Professions Education
Background: There is a dearth of skilled pharmaceutical workforce in the African region, and this is partly due to a limited number of prospective students entering the profession. An understanding of the factors that influence the choice of pharmacy as a career is needed to attract highly motivated and skilled individuals into the profession. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess pharmacy students’ motivation to study pharmacy, their attitude and future career intentions in Sierra Leone. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey of undergraduate pharmacy students enrolled at the College of Medicine, and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra …
Teachers' Perceptions And Attitudes Towards Inclusive Education In Sierra Leone, Christian Sesay
Teachers' Perceptions And Attitudes Towards Inclusive Education In Sierra Leone, Christian Sesay
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The Salamanca Accord advocating the implementation of inclusive education for learners with special needs was signed in 1994, as well as the Convention of the Right of Person's with Disabilities in 2006. Yet, Sierra Leone faces challenges to implement fully inclusive education in schools. The purpose of this mixed-method study was to examine teachers' attitudes towards inclusion in mainstream classrooms. The conceptual framework for this study was premised on Azden's theory of planned-behavior, which maintains that attitude and behaviors are products of experiences acquired. Using a Spearman rho correlations and descriptive statistics to analyze the data, gender, age, educational background, …