Date
11-13-2024
Department
School of Health Sciences
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Health Sciences (PhD)
Chair
Chloe Fields
Keywords
moral courage, professional confidence, academic achievement, radiologic sciences, education
Disciplines
Higher Education | Medicine and Health Sciences
Recommended Citation
Beinschroth, Kristin M., "The Relationship Between Moral Courage and Professional Confidence and Academic Achievement Among Precertification Radiologic Sciences Students in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Quantitative Study" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 6193.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/6193
Abstract
Moral courage and professional confidence are traits that benefit healthcare professionals and students in practice but have yet to be explored in the radiologic science population. This study aimed to discern if relationships exist among moral courage, professional confidence, and academic achievement factors in pre-certification radiologic sciences students in the United States. This cross-sectional, nonexperimental quantitative study employed correlation and regression analyses using abridged versions of the Nurses’ Moral Courage Scale (NMCS) (Numminen et al., 2019) and the Confidence in Managing Challenging Situations Scale (CMCS) (Walsh et al., 2021). Participants exhibited high moral courage and high professional confidence, and both attributes play a role in academic achievement. Radiologic sciences students with high moral courage are likelier to have high program-specific GPAs and clinical course GPAs. Conversely, students who have high professional confidence have slightly lower program-specific GPAs and clinical course GPAs. Participants with high professional confidence tended to have high moral courage. Future research should expand on this understanding of moral courage and professional confidence among medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals and how they relate to academic and professional achievement.
