Perspective of high school students on participation in the midwifery career expo competition. San Lorenzo, Paraguay. 2022

Abstract

The academic goals of high school students, allow them to direct their lives through the academic offerings offered by universities, which is given in the expo competition. The purpose of the research is to identify the perspective of high school students on the participation in the expo competition of the Obstetrics Career of the School of Nursing and Obstetrics of the National University of Asuncion, San Lorenzo-Paraguay. Non-experimental, descriptive, cross-sectional design, non-probabilistic sampling of consecutive cases, the number of high school students was recruited to complete the sample size was 188 high school students. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data according to the study variables, the results were analyzed and interpreted by descriptive statistics, presented in tables and graphs. The 73% corresponds to female, predominant age 17 years, they come from other cities in reference to Asuncion, Roque Alonso among others, all from public institutions and technical high school. Very interested in studying a university career, 68% do not know the careers offered by the faculty, 75% are familiar with the midwifery career, however 54% do not know the area of performance of the midwifery professional (neonatology, public health, office); 48% have no preference for any of the careers, the reason for choice 29% accredited, very good expectation have the students on the expo competition in terms of the information provided about the midwifery career, and the specific competencies of the midwifery professional.