Profile of the periods of the physiotherapy course of a higher education institution: observational study

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Physiotherapy already has forty-nine years of recognition as a higher level profession and in the last two decades there has been an accelerated growth together with the concern about the process of training of physiotherapists. One way of knowing if the physiotherapist training process prepares him for the demands of the job market is through studies that analyze the professional profile of the graduates, analyzing their perception of the course. For this aspect the relevance of this study is highlighted that aims to fill the gap in the current state of the art. OBJECTIVE: To characterize the professional profile of the graduates of the Physical Therapy course of a teresina-Piauí higher education institution. . MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a qualitative and quantitative cross-sectional study with graduates who completed their undergraduate degree and obtained a bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy from 2013 to 2018. RESULTS: Graduates graduated from this institution were 67% of the female sex, with ages varying between 18 and 40 years, working mainly in physiotherapy clinics, with income between 1 and 3 monthly minimum salaries and considered themselves and with regard to the degree of satisfaction with the profession is perceived which 38% were very satisfied. CONCLUSION: The professional profile of the graduates of the Physical Therapy course of a higher education institution in Teresina-PI was characterized by a predominance of females, has as a major place of work in clinics and services, working in the field of traumatology / orthopedics followed by neurology, very satisfied with the profession.