Seguimiento al desempeño laboral de los egresados en la especialización de endodoncia de la Universidad Santo Tomás - extensión Bogotá

Abstract

Background: Graduate monitoring emphasizes that well-qualified employees are achieved with a high-level education, and a performance of advanced technology that is changing at a dizzying pace, therefore, this aspect must be present in the labor market. Objective: To determine the professional work performance of graduates of the Specialization in Endodontics, Universidad Santo Tomas extension Bogotá 2021. Methodology: The instrument was applied to graduates of the USTA graduate program who were contacted by telephone or mail. Participation was voluntary and the data obtained from the survey confidential. A pilot test was carried out to evaluate the capacity of the data collection instrument and the average time of its completion in the online format was evaluated. This evaluation was done with five volunteer graduates to calculate the time they would spend in placing the data and assess whether it was necessary to make changes to the questions. The location of the graduates was made through a database provided by the endodontics postgraduate office, Bogotá headquarters, of the cohorts between 1996 and 2021 Results: The largest number of graduates of the Endodontics Postgraduate - Bogotá exercise their activity as endodontist in the private practice followed to a lesser extent in the public, private or both sectors, however, a high number of graduates receive fees by percentage and a smaller number of graduates are linked to companies by full-time, part-time contracts, provision of services and teaching time. Conclusions: A very high percentage of graduates of the postgraduate degree in endodontics - Bogotá from the Santo Tomás University stated that they have a very positive perception and great satisfaction of being graduates of the Santo Tomás University and they manifest it through their recognition for being graduates of herself, transposing this to their employability in the middle, in a very short period once they finish their postgraduate course.