Career development counseling: Trends and perception among health science students at King Khalid University

Background: Health sciences students are exposed to a wide variety of specialties. Their experiences influenced their desire to pursue advanced health science degrees. Many factors influence health science students' career choices, affecting many elements of health care delivery. To highlight academic programs, semesters, and colleges that require career development guidance; analysis of students' knowledge of career development and post-graduation possibilities, and their academic program satisfaction will help health science students in obtaining jobs and contribute to economic development. Health science students should focus on career development to overcome difficulties and improve job prospects after graduation. Methodology: The study included a convenient sample of health college students from King Khalid University in Asir province. Colleges were used for a single-stage cross-sectional study. Data were analysed in three categories: first, the demographic information. Second, the students' current perception of their program, and in the third section, they were asked to predict future career opportunities. To analyse data and understand the impact of career development counselling, Microsoft Power BI Desktop was used to create coherent, graphically immersive reports and chi-squared tests to see if the future perspective is affected by demographic and current perspectives variables. Results and Conclusions: The study revealed that most college participants desire to implement a CDC program. Those who have completed half of their college program chose CDC. Second-year college students start to worry about their future professions and seek CDC for more serious guidance and job exploration. Overall, increasing undergraduate students' awareness of professional development appears to be an efficient way to provide career education while still in college.