Professional paths of alumni from doctorate programs in health and biological sciences

Hortale, Virginia Alonso; Moreira, Carlos Otávio Fiúza; Bochner, Rosany; Leal, Maria do Carmo

doi:10.1590/S0034-8910.2014048004629

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Original Articles • Rev. Saúde Pública 48 (1) • Feb 2014 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-8910.2014048004629 copy

Professional paths of alumni from doctorate programs in health and biological sciences

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

OBJECTIVE

: To analyze the career path and professional satisfaction of alumni from the doctorate degree programs in health sector.

METHODS

: Exploratory study with 827 alumni of doctoral programs in public health, biological and health sciences at the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz , RJ, Southeastern Brazil, from1984 to 2007. The subjects were grouped in three cross-temporal cohorts according to year. The profiles of the alumni were analyzed, their career paths mapped and information on the perceptions of the education they received and the reasons that led them to choose the institute for their doctoral courses gathered, as well as their evaluations of the courses. The data were collected by means of an online questionnaire.

RESULTS

: There are differences between cohorts of alumni related to the periods they followed the courses, their distinct educational backgrounds and labor processes between those from the biological and health sciences areas, and to the specificities of the different areas where the institution offers doctoral courses: public health, biological and health sciences.

CONCLUSIONS

: The results allow the academic management of the educational processes to expend its knowledge, thus establishing a baseline for tracking the trajectory of alumni, and may contribute to upgrading the follow up process of Brazilian graduate programs.

Education, Graduate; Health Postgraduate Programs; Institutional Evaluation

Variable		Cohort
		1984 to 1999		2000 to 2003		2004 to 2007		Total

		U (%)	R (%)	U (%)	R (%)	U (%)	R (%)	U (N)	R (N)	R(N _weighted )
Age (years)
	< 40	67.5	64.3	68.2	53.5	63.3	54.9	547	120	186
	40 to 49	26.9	32.1	25.6	37.2	28.2	32.4	223	43	69
	50 and +	5.6	3.6	6.1	9.3	8.5	12.7	57	10	13
Sex
	Male	42.3	50.0	30.3	27.9	32.0	33.3	284	60	97
	Female	57.7	50.0	69.7	72.1	68.0	66.7	543	113	171
Nationality
	Brazilian	95.7	96.4	93.9	97.7	95.9	96.1	787	167	259
	Foreigner	4.3	3.6	6.1	2.3	4.1	3.9	40	6	9
Graduation
	Bio + Health S	84.2	82.1	85.9	88.4	75.3	78.4	673	141	221
	Exact + Earth S	3.4	3.6	1.8	4.7	2.2	3.9	20	7	11
	Human + Social S	7.3	7.1	7.9	7.0	15.5	10.8	88	16	23
	App Social S	2.1	3.6	1.8	–	5.1	4.9	26	6	8
	Eng. + Technol.	3.0	3.6	2.5	–	1.9	2.0	20	3	5
Nature of institution
	Public		89.3		93.0		94.1		161	248
	Private		10.7		7.0		5.9		12	20
Employment contract
	RJU		85.7		74.4		59.8		117	193
	CLT		7.1		4.7		6.9		11	17
	None		3.6		14.0		22.5		30	38
	Other		3.6		4.7		6.9		10	14
	No response		–		2.3		3.9		5	6

Aspect	Degree of satisfaction ^a		Proportion of satisfaction
Aspect	Dissatisfied	Satisfied	Proportion of satisfaction
1987 to 2007
Remuneration	35	130	0.49
Prestige	9	198	0.74
Work relations	15	199	0.74
Social relevance of work	4	241	0.90
Opportunity to learn new things or exercise creativity	10	235	0.88
Opportunity for professional development	17	228	0.85
Workload	24	175	0.65
Autonomy	10	213	0.79
1987 to 1999
Remuneration	–	18	0.64
Prestige	–	26	0.93
Work relations	–	23	0.82
Social relevance of work	–	28	1.00
Opportunity to learn new things or exercise creativity	1	27	0.96
Opportunity for professional development	1	27	0.96
Workload	2	18	0.64
Autonomy	–	25	0.89
2000 to 2003
Remuneration	8	19	0.44
Prestige	2	26	0.60
Work relations	5	30	0.70
Social relevance of work	1	37	0.86
Opportunity to learn new things or exercise creativity	2	37	0.86
Opportunity for professional development	4	34	0.79
Workload	6	27	0.63
Autonomy	3	32	0.74
2004 to 2007
Remuneration	18	41	0.40
Prestige	5	73	0.72
Work relations	4	74	0.73
Social relevance of work	2	88	0.86
Opportunity to learn new things or exercise creativity	3	84	0.82
Opportunity for professional development	6	84	0.82
Workload	6	70	0.69
Autonomy	4	78	0.76

Motive	1987 to 1999		2000 to 2003		2004 to 2007

	n	%	n	%	n	%
Tradition of the institution	16	24.6	20	17.1	41	14.2
Prestige of the institution	12	18.5	19	16.2	54	18.7
Excellence of the course	15	23.1	21	17.9	58	20.1
Interest in the lines of research on offer	11	16.9	27	23.1	72	24.9
High chance of receiving a grant	–	–	3	2.6	7	2.4
Convenience due to the structuring of the course	4	6.2	8	6.8	14	4.8
Interest in a specific advisor	7	10.8	19	16.2	43	14.9

Type of product		1987 to 1999		2000 to 2003		2004 to 2007
Product of thesis
Yes
	Article	20		30		67
	Chapter of a book	9		11		16
	Book	7		3		5
	Patent	1		–		7
	Other	3		4		12
No		6		5		29
Type of product
		n	%	n	%	n	%
High		23	82.1	36	87.8	81	80.2
Medium		4	14.2	3	7.3	14	13.9
Low		1	3.6	2	4.9	6	5.9

Aspect		Degree
Aspect		E/G	R	P/VP
Teaching body and pedagogical practice ^a
	Set of disciplines	75.6	17.7	6.7
	Content	78.8	15.8	5.5
	Lecturing staff	85.3	10.9	3.8
	Pedagogical practices adopted	61.6	29.3	9.1
	Opportunity to work in small groups	61.4	30.3	8.3
	Learning though team work	58.3	31.8	9.9
	Use of problem situations	51.9	34.0	14.1
	Strategy to evaluate students	58.6	32.5	8.9
	Learning research methods and techniques	73.4	17.1	9.5
	Thesis guidance	85.0	7.8	7.2
	Academic department services	72.9	21.7	5.4
	Guidance on producing scientific articles	53.0	32.2	14.8
	Encouraging active search of electronic databases	71.1	19.1	9.9
Infrastructure ^a
	Facilities, services and library	90.3	5.2	4.5
	Infrastructure for classes	80.6	13.1	6.3
	Infrastructure for group meetings	63.5	27.7	8.8
	Infrastructure of laboratories	71.3	22.1	6.6
Academic processes ^a
	Guidance on the market and job opportunities	26.2	40.0	33.8
	Developing communication skills	58.6	30.3	11.2
	Developing leadership potential	64.7	24.0	11.3
	Selective process	78.8	17.2	4.0
	Strategy of evaluating lecturers and disciplines	39.7	32.7	27.6
	Academic coordinator’s relationship with students	69.5	19.5	11.0

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[1] Correspondence
: Virginia Alonso Hortale. Rua Leopoldo Bulhões, 1480 Manguinhos. 21040-210 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. E-mail: virginia@ensp.fiocruz.br