A Study on the Characterics and Social Activities of Graduates from A School of Public Health in Seoul

보건학 석사과정 이수자들의 제특성 및 사회활동에 관한 조사연구

The purpose of the present study was to identify the charateristics and social activities of graduates from a School of Public Health in Seoul and to provide basic information which might contribute to the improvement of new established Schools of Public Health in Korea. The Subjects were composed of 199 persons who graduated from a School of Public Health in Seoul during the period of 1987 through 1989. The response rate was 59.8% (199 graduates). The survey was conducted from December 1st 1991 to the end of February 1992 with a self-administered questionnaire by mail. Descriptive analysis with Chi-square test was employed for analysis. The major results were as follows : 1. 462% of students were the group aged 24-28 and 76.5% of them were married at the time of entrance to the School. 2. The major motives to come to the School were continuous study in a graduate school(41.2%), and strengthening of job opportunities(35.3%). 3. The major expectation of students were to acquire new professional knowledge(31.9%), to improve present work performance(22.7%) and to become an educator(22.7%). 4. 84.9% of students had some kinds of expectation at the entrance to the School, but only 48.8% of them met their expectations they had had. 5. The most preferred subjects were Health Statistics and Epidemiology in order. 6. 59.7% of students insisted that a professor should advise 4-5 students in maximum for a thesis. 7. Students suggested that the candidate for scholarship should he selected from those who had earned high credits in the previous semester(33.6%), who were low economic status(31.l%) or who were recommended by academic adviser(24.4%). 8. 57.1% of students were positive in utilizing their major subjects studied in their current works. 9. Students expressed that if the School of Public Health is to be further developed full-time professors should be added (37.9%) and excellent students be secured (33.6%). 10. After graduation from the school, some of the respondents changed their job placement, the number of persons working in research institutes increased from 6 to 14 persons, those working in educational institutes from 16 to 35, and Ministry of Health and Social Affairs and its affiliated organization from 10 to 13.