Career plans of dietetics students from different member states of the European union
Journal Title: New Medicine - Year 2010, Vol 14, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction. One of the objectives of the Bologna Declaration of 1999 was the adoption of a system of easily readable and comparable educational degrees, to promote mobility of students and teachers, and thereby to facilitate employability in the common European labour market.Aim. The aim of the research was to assess the career plans of dietetics students from different European countries, as well as to evaluate whether ? being future members of the common European labour market ? there is a demand and willingness for international mobility.Material and method. An online questionnaire was completed by dietetics students of different grades: 149 from Hungary,12 from Belgium, 11 from Turkey and 5 from Poland.Results. Beyond the ?classical? fields of dietetic activity (dietetic consultation/health promotion, clinical-therapeutic dietetics), the students would prefer new fields of dietetics, such as: health tourism, sports diet, food industry, commercial catering, research, etc. 70% of the students would work as employees (in state institutions, administration or in the commercial, civil and ecclesiastical sphere), and 30% as independent dietitians. 54% of the students would try to find or accept a job abroad.They believe that their acceptability abroad could be assisted by a compatible and mobility-ensuring educational system and by more effective professional foreign language courses in the home land.Conclusions. In dietetics education, students should be prepared for job mobility, according to their needs, with information about the underlying possibilities of the two-cycle educational system, about healthcare systems and dietetics work of foreign countries, and also, with more effective professional foreign language teaching.
Authors and Affiliations
Istvánné Németh, Márta Bálint, György Hajdú, Mária Barna, Zoltánné Horváth, Erzsébet Pálfi, István Szabolcs, Dariusz Wlodarek
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