title: [Employment opportunities and education needs of physicians with specialty training in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine.].
abstract: This survey was carried out under the sponsorship of the Italian Society of Hygiene (SItI), to evaluate the current professional position of physicians who completed their post-graduate professional training in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine in the years 2000 through 2003. An ad-hoc questionnaire was administered to 689 such specialists across Italy with a response rate of 40%. The results show that specialists in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine are generally satisfied with their professional choice though most specialists were found to have only temporary employment. Post-specialty training courses of major interest to specialists in Hygiene and Preventive medicine are those regarding occupational health, statistical analysis and epidemiology, and quality of health care.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze di Sanità Pubblica, Università "La Sapienza" di Roma.
authors.forename: Gaetano M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Fara
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nardi
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Signorelli
authors.forename: Mila
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fanti
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D010820:Physicians; D011315:Preventive Medicine; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires