title: A qualitative study of the careers and professional practices of graduates from an e-health postgraduate programme.
abstract: We studied the careers and professional practices of graduates from an e-health postgraduate programme at the University of Queensland (UQ). The information was collected using an online questionnaire distributed to those who graduated from 2005 to 2010. A total of 35 surveys were completed, a response rate of 89%. The majority of respondents (n = 20, 57%) were male, and most of them (n = 27, 77%) were aged 30-49 years. Most of the respondents (n = 19, 54%) had graduated from the Graduate Certificate in E-healthcare programme; 12 had graduated from the Master of E-healthcare and 4 had graduated from the Graduate Diploma programme. The majority of respondents (n = 29, 83%) perceived that e-health study at UQ helped in their career development. The current occupation of the majority of respondents (n = 24, 69%) was related to health or medicine, and most (n = 27, 77%) had worked in an e-health related job since graduating. Overall, the level of satisfaction regarding the learning experience doing e-health study at UQ was high.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Online Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. s.edirippulige@uq.edu.au
authors.forename: Sisira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Edirippulige
authors.forename: Nigel R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Armfield
authors.forename: Anthony C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002321:Career Choice; D004496:Education, Continuing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000639:trends*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000639:trends*