Purpose : Students have been trained and socialized as professionals called Acupuncture and Moxibustion trainers during the process from entering to professional schools through graduation. Then, are they aware of what their studies are doing for them?
In the following, we will explain our analyses after investigating whether students care about future uncertainties using questionnaires to survey Acupuncture and Moxibustion majors. The questionnaire was designed by the author, Mr. Kawai, to focus on the student's view of the future.
Methods : Of all 3rd year students in the Acupuncture and Moxibustion course of professional schools in Japan, we examined 591 questionnaires (this represents 82% of the 3rd year students).
Results : First of all, during the entire three years of school life, there were 73 students (12.4%), who had been concerned about future uncertainties, while there were 450 students (76.7%), who had never thought about it. Now, we will explain some of these results as follows.
1. The motivation towards study is “Clinical Training” regardless of whether the student cares about the future.
2. In the future, students hope to become leaders after graduation, the number of the students, who have thought of setting up their own clinics, was 60.6%; however, of those who have not considered it, the number was 81.2 %.
Observation : 1. “Clinical Training” can be considered the strongest motivation for students as they pursue their studies. 2. Uncertainty about the future affects what students will do after graduation.