1Faculty, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
2Principal, Riphah College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Riphah International University (Faisalabad Campus), Pakistan
3Assistant Professor, Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan
*Corresponding author: Haider Darain, Email: haider.kmu@hotmail.com
Online published on 14 December, 2015.
This study aims to see the entrepreneurial aptitude among the final year students of MBBS, BDS and DPT studying at University Level by measuring their personality characteristics and attitudes.
Entrepreneurial Aptitude Quiz from Self Employment Model (SEM) made by Knowledge Institute consisting of 25 highly structured questions was used to collect data from one hundred and fifty four students of final year of MBBS (Bachelor In Medicine And Bachelor in Surgery), BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) and DPT (Doctor of Physical Therapy) selected through purposive sampling out of two hundred and forty one students in The University of Faisalabad.
On the basis of personality characteristics and attitude of students results showed that 60.86% students of DPT final year, 30% students of BDS final year and 27.69% students of MBBS final year had strong entrepreneurial aptitude while most of the students of the three departments lie in second level of entrepreneurship i.e., having entrepreneurial aptitude with need of skills improvement.
Students of final year of DPT showed strong aptitude towards entrepreneurship than final year students of MBBS and BDS. There is variation in the entrepreneurial aptitude level among students of different departments but attitudes towards entrepreneurship were significant.
Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial aptitude, MBBS, BDS, DPT, Students, University
