Assessment of the degree of satisfaction of physical therapy students with the academic experience

Abstract

Introduction: Demand for higher education in Brazil has grown in recent decades, which lead to teaching, pedagogical and structural changes in the public and private education sectors. Assessments of academic experience verify the quality of services provided within the fields of learning, relationships and infrastructure. Objective: To evaluate satisfaction with the academic experience of students from different classes of undergraduate physical therapy course. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional research with 137 students, distributed in four series of physical therapy course. It was used the Scale of Satisfaction with Academic Experience, which contains 35 questions and it’s divided into three dimensions. Results: The 1st year students are the most satisfied (121.43 ± 18.68), followed respectively by the 3rd year (118.97 ± 25.37), after the 2nd year (118.50 ±2 8.28) and 4th year (103.02 ± 28.66). Conclusion: It was observed that the results are consistent with the literature regarding the limited experience of 1st year within the institution, which influences their evaluation, because demonstrate an incipient interaction of problems that permeate the course. On the other hand the 4th year s