Inser？？o, renda e satisfa？？o profissional de médicos formados pela Unesp

objective: evaluatethe professional insertion, income and satisfaction of physicians who graduated from botucatu medical school (unesp), as well as possible risk factors associated with these outcomes. method: a cross-sectional study with a target population of all physicians graduated between 1968 and 2005, using a self-reporting questionnaire. results: the response rate was 45%, 1,224 of the 2,864 questionnaires sent by mail. the participants' mean age was 46.5 years old (± 10.9) and 64.4% of them were men. the majority of them were practicing as medical doctors (98.6%), in s？o paulo state (96.4%); 92.0% reported having received residence training and 80.2% reported attending scientific events on a regular basis. most of them did not live in the capital cities (70.4%) and reported having some private practice (67.4%). a monthly income of 10 to 15 thousand reais was reported by 28.4% and a high or very high degree of professional satisfaction by 66.1% of them. logistic regression analysis showed the following variables as significantly associated with higher income: male gender, private practice, having children and being satisfied with the profession. higher satisfaction was associated with younger age, higher income, taking a post graduate (phd) course, considering oneself well prepared for the profession, stating that he/she would attend medical school again and evaluating positively one's quality of life and mental health. conclusion: the professional insertion of ex-students is an important aspect of institutional evaluation and should be conducted regularlyin order to support discussions regarding curricular reform.