Acessibilidade / Reportar erro

Interprofessional education in the undergraduate Medicine and Nursing courses in primary health care practice: the students’ perspective* * This article is based on the Master’s thesis presented in the Undergraduate Collective Health Program (PPGSC), School of Medicine of Botucatu (FMB), Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (Unesp). It is part of the project “University, Health Services and Community Integration in the School of Medicine of Botucatu/Unesp: building new education and research practices,” financed by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), Notice 024/2010 - National Program for Teacher Development in the Area of Health (AUXPE no. 2237/2010 and no. 3281/2014), with a Master’s scholarship in the PPGSC, FMB, Unesp.

ABSTRACT

Currently, in view of the complexity of health problems and the need for a quality and safe care to users, there has been an effort to develop interprofessional education from the beginning of undergraduate health courses. The experience of undergraduate Medicine and Nursing students with interprofessional education is investigated in teaching disciplines in primary healthcare from the perspective of these interlocutors through interviews with a semi-structured script. Data was analyzed according to Bardin’s Thematic Content Analysis. Despite their stereotypes related to the professions, students can learn about colleagues from other courses and with them, and share practices and knowledge. Furthermore, we found out that teachers play an important role as mediators of the teaching-learning process in the development of interprofessional education.

Keywords:
Interprofessional education; Primary healthcare; Higher education; Brazil

UNESP Distrito de Rubião Jr, s/nº, 18618-000 Campus da UNESP- Botucatu - SP - Brasil, Caixa Postal 592, Tel.: (55 14) 3880-1927 - Botucatu - SP - Brazil
E-mail: intface@fmb.unesp.br