INTRODUCTION: Education is a process that prepares students for their future professional realization. The opportunities and the actual realization of the students who have graduated from the Public Health Inspector (PHI) program is a topic that has not been studied in our country.
AIM: The aim of this article is to study the professional realization of the students from the PHI program at the Medical College - Varna during the period 2013-2017 incl.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: An exhaustive study was carried out on the professional realization of all graduates from the PHI program from 2013 to 2017 inclusive through a brief telephone interview. The contact with the students was carried out based on data from the students' registry. The information is summarized in tabular and graphic form.
RESULTS: A total of 69 students have graduated during the studied period, with information being collected for 66 of them. Almost half of the graduates from the PHI program - 32 (48.5%) have found realization in the field of their education. Of the remaining 34 graduates, 21 work outside the health care sector, 11 are abroad and two are unemployed. Of those who have found realization in the field of PHI 18 (56%) work in the system of regional health inspectorates, and the remaining 14 (44%) work in health care institutions, medical establishments and NGOs, among which - occupational health services, dispensaries for dental care, medical establishments, companies for medical equipment and devices, Bulgarian Red Cross and others. Fourteen people continued their basic education in master programs. The largest chare of the latter has enrolled in the Protection and Control of Public Health program at the Medical University of Varna (9 people).
CONCLUSION: Despite the significant number of state, private and municipal authorities and institutions involved in protecting the health of the population, the main employer of the graduates of the specialty are the regional health inspectorates. At the same time, the share of graduates who have not applied their professional qualifications is relatively high. This is a serious problem that requires wider systematic analysis.
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