Ferrinho Paulo, Valdes Ana C, Cabral Jorge
WHO Collaborating Centre on Health Workforce Policy and Planning, Centro de Malária e Outras Doenças Tropicais, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
School of General Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, National University of Timor-Leste, Dili, Timor-Leste.
Hum Resour Health. 2015 Mar 28;13:13. doi: 10.1186/s12960-015-0004-8.
The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse the professional expectations and profile of medical students at the Cuban-supported School of General Medicine, in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the National University of Timor-Leste.
A piloted, standardized questionnaire, with closed- and open-ended questions, was distributed to registered medical students attending classes on the day of the survey. All data were analysed using SPSS. The statistical analysis is mostly descriptive.
Students decide to study medicine at an early age. Relatives and friends seem to have an especially important influence in encouraging, reinforcing and promoting the desire to be a doctor. The degree of feminization of the student population is high. Medical students are in general satisfied with the training received, though demanding improvements in terms of systems to support their studies and training (e.g. libraries, laboratories, access to computers and the Internet). Medical students know that they will be needed in the public sector and that it would represent their opportunity to contribute to the public's welfare. Nonetheless, they report that they expect to combine public sector practice with private work, probably, in order to improve their earnings. This may be explained by their expectations for salaries, which are much higher than the current level of public sector salaries. A significant proportion of students are unsure about their future area of specialization. Of those that have determined their desired specialization, most intend to train as hospital specialists and to follow a hospital-based career. For many, specialization is equated with migration to study abroad. There are important differences between students at the start of their training compared with more advanced students.
This paper gives an overview of student expectations for alignment with stated national human resources for health priorities for Timor-Leste.
本文旨在描述和分析在东帝汶国立大学医学与健康科学学院古巴支持的普通医学院就读的医学生的职业期望和概况。
在调查当天，向注册上课的医学生发放了一份经过试点的标准化问卷，问卷包含封闭式和开放式问题。所有数据均使用SPSS进行分析。统计分析主要是描述性的。
学生们在早年就决定学医。亲戚和朋友在鼓励、强化和促进成为医生的愿望方面似乎具有特别重要的影响。学生群体的女性化程度很高。医学生总体上对所接受的培训感到满意，不过他们要求在支持其学习和培训的系统方面进行改进（如图书馆、实验室、计算机和互联网接入）。医学生知道公共部门需要他们，这将是他们为公众福利做出贡献的机会。尽管如此，他们报告说，他们可能期望将公共部门的工作与私人工作结合起来，以提高收入。这可能是因为他们对薪资的期望远高于公共部门目前的薪资水平。相当一部分学生不确定自己未来的专业领域。在那些已确定理想专业的学生中，大多数打算接受医院专科医生培训并从事以医院为基础的职业。对许多人来说，专业化等同于出国留学。刚开始接受培训的学生与高年级学生之间存在重要差异。
本文概述了学生期望与东帝汶既定的国家卫生人力资源优先事项保持一致的情况。
