The perception of Engineering students at UDB about Professional Practicum

Abstract

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5377/dialogos.v1i25.15520

The implementation of professional practices in the curriculum with a competency-based approach is a key element to achieve the full development of the competencies of future professionals. The objective of the research carried out was to explore the perception of students from the Faculty of Engineering of the Don Bosco University who carry out professional internships with respect to: the selection of the company, the level of satisfaction, the correspondence between the academic training received and the developed competencies, factors that contribute to success and suggestions for improvement. The methodology applied was quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional with an exploratory and descriptive scope. Data were collected from an online survey. The results indicate high levels of satisfaction in relation to the skills developed during the internship, the correspondence with the academic training received and the richness of the experiences. Likewise, they indicate the need to feel accompanied by the institutional tutor, to ensure that professional practices become an integrative project rather than a requirement to fulfill in their subjects and to systematize, in a more efficient and transparent way, access to the companies that will receive them as interns.