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INTRODUCCIÓN: Investigar la formación profesionalde los técnicos en salud en Argentina es prioritaria dada la heterogeneidad de la oferta educativa que complejiza la inserción laboral y la regulación del ejercicio. OBJETIVO: Analizar la situación y características de la educación profesional de nivel superior para los trabajadores técnicos en salud en Argentina. MÉTODOS: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo, cuantitativo y transversal, con fuentes de datos secundarias y primarias durante 2010-2011. RESULTADOS: Se relevaron 370 instituciones educativas concentradas en la Región Centro (64%). La formación en el nivel terciario era del 87%, con una mayoría de gestión privada (71,3%). La formación universitaria dependía principalmente del sector público (73,9%). De las 852 carreras relevadas, casi el 30% correspondía a Enfermería, 12,4%a Laboratorio, 11,9% a Sanidad, 11,6% a Radiología y 10,1% a Instrumentación Quirúrgica. Se registraron 78.972 alumnos, con una cantidad predominante en Enfermería (39%) y Radiología (12%). CONCLUSIONES: La formación de técnicos en salud se distribuye en toda Argentina, aunque con una oferta desigual. Las diferencias estructurales entre las instituciones terciarias y universitarias obstaculizan la circulación entre ambos subsistemas. La complejidad del sistema de educación superior presenta una serie de desafíos que exigen el involucramiento conjunto de las carteras educativa y sanitaria para planificar y desarrollar estos recursos a nivel nacional.
INTRODUCTION: The research of the professional training of health technicians in Argentina is apriority area because of the heterogeneous educational offer that makes entry into the labor market and regulation of exercise more difficult. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the situation and characteristics of professional high education for health technicians in Argentina. METHODS: A descriptive, quantitative and cross-sectional study was conducted, with secondary and primary data sources during 2010-2011. RESULTS: The 370 educational institutions included in the survey were concentrated in the Central Region (64%).The training at tertiary level was 87%, mostly privately managed (71.3%). University education depended mostly on public sector (73.9%). Of the 852 careers surveyed, almost 30% were Nursing, Lab 12.4%, Health 11.9%, Radiology 11.6% and Surgical Instrumentation 10.1%. There were 78972 students, most of them in Nursing (39%) and Radiology (12%). CONCLUSIONS: The training offer for health technicians is unequally distributed in Argentina. Structural differences between tertiary institutions and universities make it difficult to move from one subsystem to the other. The complexity of high education system poses different challenges requiring the involvement of both Education and Health ministries for planning and development of these resources at national level.
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Humans , Allied Health Personnel , Education, Professional , Cross-Sectional Studies/statistics & numerical data , Universities , Statistical Distributions , Information Systems/classificationABSTRACT
As an organizative company, a sanitary institution must take in a charge the coordination of activities tending to achieve the recovery or relief of a concrete suffering in the less time possible and also with the smallest degree of rupture of the patient with the surrounding domestic and social environment...