Career Preferences, Leadership Attitudes and Research Interests among Homeopathic Students of Lahore, Pakistan

Objective: Our current study aimed at to explore the homeopathic student perception about career preferences and what they understand about leadership and hierarchical attitude.

Method: An institutional survey was carried out in Pakistan homeopathic medical college, hospital and research center among undergraduate homeopathic students. Total 65 students participated in this study and a pretested questionnaire was filled by all students. Students were asked to rate their answers on a Likert scale.

Results: Out of total 65 participants, there were 29 BHMS students (7 male, 22 female) and 36 DHMS students (6 male, 30 female). Major finding of this study was that student’s chosen homeopathy because they were interested in health oriented career and medicines. Many students were interested in research and wanted to pursue a postgraduate degree in future. DHMS students were strongly agreed while BHMS students were neutral about the fact that they intended to pursue a postgraduate research degree. DHMS students were strongly agreed that research is easy whereas BHMS students were neutral. DHMS students were strongly agreed that a leader must control the group or organization while the most of the BHMS students were remained neutral.

Conclusion: Taken together, findings of this study suggested that DHMS students were more confident and career oriented rather than BHMS students. Different programs related to leadership should be conducted to develop hierarchical and systemic approaches among students especially for BHMS. Proper job opportunities and research infrastructure should be developed for homeopathic students by government.