PROFESSIONAL PATHS OF ALUMNI COURSES MASTERS IN THE HEALTH AREAS, BIOSCIENCES AND HEALTH CARE

Introduction and Objective: To analyze the academic and professional path of the alumni workers of masters courses in the areas of Public Health, Biosciences and Primary Health Care, conducted by Structuring Cooperation in Health. Methodology: Described and exploratory study with alumni of masters courses the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, the International Cooperation between Brazil and Angola and Mozambique, between 2006 and 2013. The subjects were grouped by the courses offer countries. It analyzed the profile of graduates; mapped their professional path; their motivations for choosing the institution to carry out the master; and satisfaction towards the work. It used questionnaire in electronic format for online filling for data collection. Results and Conclusions: From a universe of 36 graduates, the return of 17 respondents, 47.2% was obtained, 5 in Angola and Mozambique 12. Professionally, 100% remain employed in public institutions nature, with positions related to research, teaching, coordination and direction, showing that there was no brain drain, by the respondents. Most respondents work more than 40 hours a week and consider very important the training received to the realization of professional practices. These results are relevant to higher education, as in recent years has invested significant resources to expand the number of places for foreign professionals, as evidenced by the growing number of programs and institutions involved in international cooperation. It is essential that the leaders of the Brazilian higher education have an understanding of the contributions that these courses bring these foreign professionals.