Professional situation of prosthetic and orthotics recent graduates in ESTeSL 2004/2005 to 2012/2013: a sociographic portrait

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Salomé L.
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Rodrigues, Ana M., Ferreira, Fani P., Pacheco, Samanta A., Matos, José Pedro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.25758/set.1274
• topic: Licenciados; Ortoprotesia; ESTeSL; Situação profissional; Taxa de desemprego; Estudo quantitativo; Graduates; Prosthetics and orthotics; ESTeSL; Professional situation; Unemployment rate; Quantitative study

Introduction – Nowadays the high unemployment rate and the emigration of the young graduated population is the reason why this population has been insecure about their career and professional future in their home country. In some way, the existence of a reflexive analysis of their actual professional situation could clarify the future for students and recently-graduated in prosthetics and orthotics area. Objectives – Quantifying the professional situation of the graduated population in prosthetics and orthotics on Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa (ESTeSL) and also creating a reflection tool about future professional perspectives. Methodology – Application of a questionnaire through the platform LimeSurvey® to the universe of the prosthetist and orthotics graduates in ESTeSL and characterized by the quantitative data. Results/Discussion – The majority of the graduates are young and females. 78.3% of the inquired are working in the prosthetics and orthotics area and the unemployment rate is 8.7%. It is noticed geographical mobility to the district of Lisbon to study and to work. Conclusion – The unemployment rate for prosthetics and orthotics graduates is lower than the national average. In opposition to other graduated health groups, the National Health System is a minor employer of this population. Noticed desertification of the big urban centers, in what concerns to the first job and actual job.