Is the audiology education process effective on professional self-esteem and career decision-making self-efficacy?

Cengiz D. U., Can Çolak S., Kurtcu B., Özdemir E. A., Filiz F. A.

Turkish Journal of Audiology and Hearing Research, sa.6, ss.82-88, 2023 (Hakemli Dergi)

Özet

Objective: We conducted this study to evaluate the effect of the audiology undergraduate program education on students' professional self-esteem and career decision-making.
Method: This study, which was planned as a descriptive cross-sectional study, included a total of 223 students, 168 females (75.3%) and 55 males (24.7%), studying at the Department of Audiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, a university in Türkiye, who were open to communication and agreed to participate in the study. Via Google Forms, we administered a Personal Introduction Form, Arıcak Professional Self-Esteem Scale (APSES) and the Career Decision-Making Self Efficacy Scale (CDSS).
Results: There was no statistically significant difference in the mean APSES total score according to the school years of the students (p≥0.05). There was a statistically significant difference between school years and total scores and scores of all sub-dimensions of the CDSS (p<0.05). There was a moderate statistically significant positive correlation between students' APSES scores and CDSS scores (r=0.459, p=0.001*).
Conclusion: We observed that audiology education was not effective on students' professional self-esteem, but it was effective on their career decision-making competence