Graduates from a Professional Master’s Degree Program in Family Health: Expectations, Motivations and Benefits

ABSTRACT The health care model based on the Family Health Strategy, created in the early 1990s, encouraged changes in health education, highlighting the need to create lato and stricto sensu postgraduate courses aimed at empowering professionals that foster comprehensive health care. Periodic evaluations are carried out and encouraged by Capes/MEC in order to maintain the quality of postgraduate courses, but evaluations of recently-introduced professional master’s degree courses in family health remain scarce. Objectives To describe the academic profile, contribution, motivations and expectations of graduates of a Professional Master’s in Family Health. Method Cross-sectional and quantitative study to analyze the results of 102 questionnaires answered by graduates of the Professional Master’s Degree in Family Health of the Estácio de Sá University (RJ), who had concluded the course between 2007 and 2012. The instrument consisted of open-ended and closed-ended questions, sent by e-mail and made available online through the electronic platform Survey Monkey. The study evaluated age, gender, regional origin, academic background, as well as the contributions, expectations and motivations related to the course. Results The survey sample was formed predominantly by female graduates, aged over 30, from 13 Brazilian states and, mainly from Medicine and Nursing courses. The contribution of the master’s degree to the graduate’s professional life was evaluated as excellent by 77% of the interviewees. The expectations regarding the course were positively evaluated and the main reasons for seeking the qualification were scientific-technical improvement and personal satisfaction, rather than better salaries or job stability. Conclusion The course was evaluated positively by the graduates, having exceeded their expectations and satisfied the interests that led them to it, thus producing changes to their personal and professional life. A longitudinal analysis of the impact of the professional master’s degree in the career of graduates will require a sequence of similar studies, as has been stimulated by Capes/MEC in recent years.

【摘要】 本研究聚焦1990年代初创立的家庭健康策略（Family Health Strategy）医疗卫生模式，该模式推动了健康教育领域的变革，凸显了开设广义（lato sensu）与狭义（stricto sensu）研究生课程的必要性，旨在赋能专业人员以提供全面医疗卫生服务。巴西高等教育人员发展协调局与教育部（Capes/MEC）一贯推动并开展定期评估，以保障研究生课程的办学质量，但针对近年新增的家庭健康领域专业硕士课程（Professional Master’s in Family Health）的评估仍较为匮乏。

研究目的 描述家庭健康专业硕士（Professional Master’s in Family Health）毕业生的学术背景、就读获益、就读动机与未来预期。

研究方法 本研究为横断面定量研究，对2007年至2012年间毕业于里约热内卢州埃斯泰西奥·德·萨大学（Estácio de Sá University）家庭健康专业硕士项目的102名毕业生的问卷结果进行分析。调研工具包含开放式与闭合式问题，通过电子邮件发送，并依托在线平台“调查猴”（Survey Monkey）发布。研究评估了受访者的年龄、性别、地域来源、学术背景，以及与该课程相关的获益、预期与就读动机。

研究结果 本次调研样本以女性毕业生为主，年龄均超30岁，来自巴西13个州，学术背景主要为医学与护理学专业。77%的受访者认为该硕士学位对其职业生涯的贡献为“极佳”。受试者对课程的预期均得到了积极评价，而选择攻读该学位的主要原因为科学技术能力提升与个人成就感，而非更高薪资或职业稳定性。

研究结论 毕业生对该课程的评价整体积极，其办学效果超出预期，满足了受访者的求学诉求，并对其个人与职业生活产生了积极改变。如巴西高等教育人员发展协调局与教育部（Capes/MEC）近年所倡导的那样，后续需开展一系列同类研究，以对家庭健康专业硕士学位（Professional Master’s in Family Health）对毕业生职业发展的影响进行纵向分析。