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标题：Professional activity during studies by physiotherapy students of Master’s Degree course of university-level schools in Poland
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作者：JOANNA GOTLIB ; KATARZYNA BARCZYK ; ANDRZEJ BUGAJSKI 等
期刊名称：Polish Journal of Public Health
印刷版ISSN：0044-2011
出版年度：2013
卷号：123
期号：3
页码：221-228
DOI：10.12923/j.2084-980X/26.3/a.04
出版社：Medical University of Lublin
摘要：Introduction. In Poland, graduation from a Bachelor’s degree course with a Bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy makes it possible to take on employment as a physiotherapist. However, a majority of students continues their education on a Master’s degree course and simultaneously works either as a physiotherapist or in another profession. We differ in this from other European countries.Aim. The aim of the study was to analyse the issue of taking on professional activity by second-year Physiotherapy students of a Master’s degree course of university-level schools of different educational profiles, i.e.: medical universities (PM), universities of physical education (PWF), and other schools (IP).Material and methods. The study enrolled 1942 second-year students of a Master’s degree course of 17 university-level schools A mean questionnaire return rate was: 53%. Women constituted 77% of the study participants, the mean age was 21 years. As many as 736 (45%) of the study participants started a Master’s degree course at the same university-level school at which they had graduated from a Bachelor’s degree course. The approval of the Ethical Review Board of Warsaw Medical University was not necessary to conduct the voluntary and anonymous questionnaire study. Statistical analysis: STATISTICA 10.0 (licensed to Warsaw Medical University), non-parametric statistical tests: Chi-square, Kruskall-Wallis, and Mann-Whitney U, p<0.05.Results. Thirty-five percent of the study participants reported that the organisation of classes at a Master’s degree course makes it possible to take on employment. Thirty percent of the study participants reported that they worked as physiotherapists. Twenty-two percent of the study participants started searching for a job immediately after graduation from a Bachelor’s degree course. Thirty-eight percent of the study participants were searching for a job in the field of physiotherapy on the Internet. The largest group of students (18%) reported that their current earnings were between PLN 1000÷1500.Conclusions.The organisation of classes did not constitute a significant problem in taking on employment during studies for the study participants in neither group of Physiotherapy students of a Master’s degree course. In the study group of students, the educational profile significantly influenced the frequency of taking on employment as a physiotherapist during a Master’s degree course. In the study group of students, the educational profile did not significantly influence the method of searching for a job in the field of physiotherapy.
关键词：graduates of vocational studies; physiotherapists; professional activity; educational profile