Touro College's Lander College for Men is a small, all-male liberal arts college whose student body is overwhelmingly orthodox or ultra-orthodox Jewish. We have a comprehensive pre-health sciences program which offers students preparation for medical school and osteopathic medicine, podiatry, physician's assistant, occupational/physical therapy, and nursing. However, it is very unusual for any of our students to pursue nursing as a career choice. We have surveyed our student population, both pre-health and non-science students, using previously published and validated surveys and metrics. We have investigated the religious belief, practice, attitudes toward women, and attitudes toward nursing as a profession. We examine possible correlations between these different categories and attempt to understand why our student population chooses the career paths that they do.

Career selection in pre-health students at an all-male orthodox Jewish college

255th National Meeting (2018)

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