Employability of graduates from dental programs in Medellin, Colombia, 2017-2018

Ángela María Franco Cortés

Universidad de Antioquia

Julián Alberto Serna Gómez

Universidad de Antioquia

Emilia María Ochoa Acosta

Universidad de Antioquia

Introduction: Employability is related to insertion of graduates into the working market according to a variety of factors, including the conditions of the market itself.

Objective: To describe aspects related to employability of graduates from two undergraduate dental programs in Medellin-Colombia.

Methods: A descriptive study comprising 446 dental professionals, selected by non-probabilistic sampling was carried out. Information was obtained by interviews and processing was performed using software SPSS V 22. A univariate analysis was performed and two multivariate techniques were used: the tree technique to identify statistically significant relations between variables and multiple correspondence to establish relations between different categories of variables.

Results: 38% of participants stated to be working as employees and 45.1% as independents. 16.9% was not working in their profession at the time of the interview. The monthly average salary was mostly under $1.500.000 (28.8%). 32% of dental professionals was recently graduated and under services contracts. Most professionals reported to be working in clinical practices.

Conclusion: Some aspects of employability explored in this study showed unfavorable conditions for graduates, including precarious contracts, low income, no affiliation to social security services and difficulty to insert into the working market, especially for recently graduated professionals.

Keywords: employability, graduates, undergraduate, dentistry

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2019-12-20
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