Abstract
Objective:
To characterize the profile of graduates of Medical Residency Programs in Ophthalmology in the state of Alagoas, regarding their training and professional practice.
Methods:
Retrospective descriptive study developed from a self-administered questionnaire sent to doctors who graduated from the Ophthalmology residency program at the Professor Alberto Antunes University Hospital (HUPAA / UFAL) who completed their residency in the last 10 years.
Results:
Of the 28 former residents, 27 responded to the questionnaire. They are predominantly women (70.4%), young (average 35.92 ± 4.05 years), born in the State of Alagoas (51.8%), graduated from public institutions (81.5%). Most settled in Maceió and the metropolitan region (51.8%) and work in private outpatient clinics (92.6%), with little experience in management (14.8%) and teaching (7.4%). More than half do not have a specialist degree from the Brazilian Council of Ophthalmology (59.3%) and carried out a specialized fellowship complementation program (74%). Only 7.4% carry out research activities and 3.7% have a master's degree. In general, the studied graduates are satisfied with the exercise of the specialty (100%) and with their training at the institution (86.3%), suggesting an improvement in surgical care and theoretical teaching (29.7%).
Conclusion:
The evaluation of the reality and professional performance of the graduates and their perceptions was able to raise the profile of professional choices and conditions of insertion and professional satisfaction. It also allowed complementary external evaluation of the training institution, providing subsidies for improving the quality of ophthalmology medical residency programs.
Keywords:
Ophthalmology/education; Tutorship; Education; Internship and Residency; Hospitals, teaching
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