Perception of graduates and masters about the educational product in a professional graduate program

Abstract

Educational products (EP) have been a structuring aspect in the investigation and intervention proposed by professional master's or doctoral research. The aim is to present and discuss the results of a research carried out regarding the perception of master's students and graduates of the Master's Program in Health Sciences Teaching – Professional Modality (PPGECS) about the construction processes of the EP. A questionnaire was used, with closed and open questions. Forty-six point eight percent of enrolled master's students and 17.7% of graduates enrolled between 2017-2020 answered the questionnaire. For 53.8% of graduates and for 29.8% of master's students, the EP emerged after the results obtained with the research. Regarding the definition of the PE, 32.4% of master's students defined it as a resource to be developed with expectations of intervention in professional practice. In relation to the types and nature of the elaborated PE, professional training courses were most cited by 27% of master's students and by 34.6% of graduates. The heterogeneity of conceptions and conducts regarding the construction and implementation of the PE was evidenced. These data must be considered in the self-assessment process, as the PE is based on the proposal to transform the practices of professionals inserted in a professional graduate program