Study of Entrepreneurship Spirits Among Health Care Management Students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Nowadays due to unemployment crisis that college graduated students are dealt with, developing policies for job creation and entrepreneurship promotion is of the main mission of the country higher education system. On the other hand, student's entrepreneurship spirit is the essential criterion for its development. Thus the aim of this study was to investigate the degree of entrepreneurship spirit among students at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.
In this cross-sectional study, 78 Bachelor's and Master's students in Health Care Management of Isfahan University of medical Sciences on 2015 were selected through census. Data gathering was done through a questionnaire with 50 item using 5 point Liker scale. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistic, t-test and ANOVA.
The findings indicated that mean of entrepreneurship spirit for all the students (3/70± 0/42) was above theoretical average (3). Also the mean scores for its subscales were as follow: “risk-taking” (3/35 ± 0/59) “autonomy” (3/76 ±0/60) “internal control” (3/75 ± 0/56) “regard to achievement” (4/02 ± 0/47) “creativity” (3/62 ± 0/54). The mean of entrepreneurship score by gender, marital status and economic status had a statistically significant difference. While the average score of all fields of entrepreneurship in schools and educational terms were not significantly different.
The above average level of entrepreneurship spirit in Health Care Management students of Isfahan university of medical Sciences can provide Implementing and progressing the programs related to development and education of entrepreneurship.