PURPOSE: to understand the aspects of the professional trajectory and continuity of academic studies by those who graduated on Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (Ph). METHOD: it was invited 250 graduates from the course at UFMG, and they were submitted a questionnaire with questions regarding professional situation, their study's continuity and academic background. Estatistical analisis: Epi softaware Info 6.04. (Chi-square and Fisher's Exact Tests). RESULTS: most of the graduates were female, average age of 25,7 years old and time of graduation from 1,9 to almost 3 years. Most of them did not have in Ph the only source of income; the weekly working hours was higher for those who live exclusively of Ph work and they had professional achievement, but not financial. Most of those who do not have in Ph the source of income does not feel financially and professionally fulfilled (p<0,05). The evaluation of the academic background was mostly "very good to great" in the group of graduates who had Ph as exclusive source of income. Academic background was equally divided between "bad and good" as in "good and excellent" (p=0,03) in the group of graduates who does not have in Ph the only source of income. 50% of graduates reported great difficulty in entering in the labor market. CONCLUSIONS: the increased age, increased graduation time, working hours of over 20 hours, positive assessment of the academic background are aspects that contributed to the financial independence of the graduate in Ph. The students who reported fewer difficulties in entering in the labor market assessed the undergraduate program more positively.
Speech, Language and Hearing Science; Teaching; Education, Continuing; Professional Practice Location
