What Students Learn and Take Away from a Student-Centered Course on Communication and Professional Skills: Analyzing the Content of Students’ Self-Evaluations

How Does a Student-Centered Course on Communication and Professional Skills Impact Students in the Long Run?

“…While the findings regarding all research questions were discussed in Section IV, let us compare how the findings of the current study compare to the short-term effects of a single course instance reported in [8]. Interestingly, we observe a vast consistency of several effects of the course.…”

“…The majority (17) was associated with the subcategory "Course as such" and emphasized the special nature, people, or atmosphere of the course. The subcategory "Gratitude" captured 11 statements, tightly followed by "Other" (9), "Positive impression" (8), and "Feedback" (6). At the end, the subcategory "Negative impression" came to hold the single statement: "The course was totally unluckily formed", expressing the respondent's discomfort with the course experience.…”

“…The research most closely related to the current study concerns the students' perceived short-term effects of a single course instance [8]. The major differences between the two studies are the mid-to long-term perspective in the current research, employing an online survey for data collection sent to almost 1,000 graduates, and utilizing a mixed-methods approach.…”