Samant, A. N., Fanelli, J. E., Khanna, A. K., & Segal, S. (2023). A successful gap-year clinical research technician (CRT) program at an academic anesthesiology department. Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), 15(5), e39000–e39000. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39000
- Though this is a scholarly source, I didn't find it too helpful overall. It was a good example of what to do during a gap year, but I found it to be too specific that I couldn't synthesize it with much else other than gaining experience. It's still worth a read to see what a specific way to spend a medical gap year could be.
Jackson, D., & Tomlinson, M. (2020). Investigating the relationship between career planning, proactivity and employability perceptions among higher education students in uncertain labour market conditions. Higher Education, 80(3), 435–455. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-019-00490-5
- This was also a scholarly source, but I found it didn't relate as much to my topic as I would've liked it to. I didn't want to stretch my topic out too much, but I was able to learn more about how students perceive their education and why that might sway them towards other choices. I believe some of my other sources did that better.
Monaghan, C. (2014). Gap year: How delaying college changes people in ways the world needs. Research & Practice in Assessment, 9(1)
- This source was a book review, so though it's not scholarly I still was able to find some good observations on how a gap year changes the way that students think. It focuses on students volunteering during their gap, and how that changes their development for the better.
