Graduate students’ and master’s students’ perceptions regarding the educational product in a professional graduate program

Abstract

Educational products (EP) have been a structuring aspect in investigations and interventions proposed by professional master’s or doctoral research. The aim is to present and discuss the results of research carried out on the perceptions of master’s students and graduate students from the Master in Health Sciences Teaching Program (PPGESC) - professional format on the processes of constructing EP. A questionnaire with closed- and open-ended questions was used. And 46.8% of master’s students and 17.7% of graduate students enrolled between 2017-2020 answered the questionnaire. For 53.8% of graduate students and 29.8% of master’s students, EP emerged after the results obtained from the research. Regarding the definition of EP, 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 EP prepared, professional training courses were most cited (27% of master’s students and 34.6% of graduate students). The heterogeneity of conceptions and conduct regarding EP construction and implementation stood out. Limitations of this study refer to the difficulty in accessing PPGESC graduate students and the need for a monitoring instrument. It is expected to contribute to improving the EP preparation process within professional teaching programs.