Event Title
Motivating Factors for Pharmacy Student Leadership: A Literature Review
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Faculty Mentor
Dr. Shannon Rice
Document Type
Poster Presentation
Date of Publication
2021
Abstract
The goal of this project was to identify motivating factors for pharmacy students to pursue leadership positions during pharmacy school was performed to identify factors for schools and organizations to emphasize to increase student leadership development and participation. A literature search was conducted on PubMed and Google Scholar were searched for articles pertaining to pharmacy student and motivational factors for leadership. A review of five articles resulted in networking opportunities, creating a desirable image for employers, interest in the organization’s mission, and professional development opportunities as the most common motivating factors for student pharmacists to pursue leadership positions. The most prevalent motivating factors identified by these studies focused on an internal benefit of the pharmacy student, as opposed to external benefits of the community or the profession. Therefore, a potential way to increase leadership may be through offering increased networking opportunities and CV development opportunities through student organizations.
Keywords
Leadership, Pharmacy Students, Motivators
Persistent Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/2999
Motivating Factors for Pharmacy Student Leadership: A Literature Review
The goal of this project was to identify motivating factors for pharmacy students to pursue leadership positions during pharmacy school was performed to identify factors for schools and organizations to emphasize to increase student leadership development and participation. A literature search was conducted on PubMed and Google Scholar were searched for articles pertaining to pharmacy student and motivational factors for leadership. A review of five articles resulted in networking opportunities, creating a desirable image for employers, interest in the organization’s mission, and professional development opportunities as the most common motivating factors for student pharmacists to pursue leadership positions. The most prevalent motivating factors identified by these studies focused on an internal benefit of the pharmacy student, as opposed to external benefits of the community or the profession. Therefore, a potential way to increase leadership may be through offering increased networking opportunities and CV development opportunities through student organizations.
Comments
Chandler Sutton commented "Great presentation and informative feedback!"; Andrea T. commented "Nicely done. For those who would be willing to hold a leadership position, but are inexperienced, some sort of seminar or workshop on good leadership skills could be really beneficial; to the University, to pharmacy students, and others as well."; John Foote commented "Leadership development is critical for Pharmacy students. I was most interested in the findings of the Motivating Factors."; Takova Wallace-Gay commented "Mr. Foote and Dr. Rice, thank you for a timely and relevant review of leadership perceptions among student pharmacists. I think the findings were interesting with some surprises and some known facts that re-emphasize the need for schools of pharmacy to be more intentional about establishing leadership roles and development programs for students."