ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to analyze the construction of the professional identity of students and graduates of undergraduate courses in Public/Collective Health in Brazil. The theoretical-methodological framework proposed by Claude Dubar was adopted, aiming, from the performance of a focal group with students and graduates of these courses, to identify the forms of insertion in the health work market and the employment movements carried out by these subjects. The results found point to the challenges in the insertion of this new professional in the labor market of the sector, indicating the need for actions that favor the access of the graduates to the job, so that they advance in the process of professionalization and the delineation of their specific identity.
KEYWORDS
Public health; Health manpower; Professional training; Employment; Job market