Does a participant's perceived self-efficacy of healthcare professions improve following a week-long informational camp for high school students?

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if a week-long summer day camp for high school students to learn about various healthcare professions could influence the students' perceived self-efficacy and knowledge of healthcare careers related to sports medicine. Additionally, we investigated if there was a relationship between level of parent education and the participants' self-efficacy scores before and after camp.

Subjects: We recruited 13 male and 13 female (n=26) students from five area high schools with an average age of 15.