Alam Ms, Nasir Rh, Nadeem Mi, Tabassum R.
Determining enterpreneurship potential among physiotherapy students of Punjab, Pakistan.
Int J Rehab Sci Jan ;03(02):23-30.

Background: Entrepreneurship refers to an individual’s ability to turn ideas into action. It includes creativity, innovation and risk taking, as well as the ability to plan and manage projects in order to achieve objectives. Entrepreneurship education has a positive impact on entrepreneurial attitudes and intentions, individuals get a job earlier, innovate more even as employees and start more companies. Aims & Objectives: To determine the entrepreneurship potential among students of physiotherapy in Punjab. Methods: A cross-sectional survey conducted at 15 Physiotherapy institutes of Punjab. Entrepreneurship potential were recorded using standardized questionnaire tool used by National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE). Results: A total of 522 students participated in the survey among whom 26.04% males and 73.96% females were undergraduates and 55.38% males and 44.62% females were postgraduate. The mean age of participants was 21.36 ± 8.82. 3.25% students show very high potential for entrepreneurship, 37.93% have high potential for entrepreneurship, 32.37% students have potential but are less likely to pursue their career as entrepreneurs in Physiotherapy and 26.43% students will not be entrepreneurs at all. Conclusion: The study concludes that a high potential exists among both undergraduate and postgraduate students. However the postgraduate students exhibit double the potential than that of undergraduate students. Male respondents showed double the potential to become future entrepreneurs as compared to female respondents.

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