A política de reorientação da formação em saúde: uma análise do processo de implementação nas universidades públicas do interior do estado do Ceará

Abstract

Given the need to overcome the traditional training model in health in Brazil, with its predominantly biologicist and curative approach that does not enable to health promotion and does not contribute to health policies to population, made possible by the development of strategies to the reorientation of vocational training to the SUS. This directionality stand out initiatives such as the Reorientation Program for Professional Training in Health (Pro-Health) and the Education Program for Working for Health (PET-Health) seeking, among other purposes, to stimulate the necessary changes in training health professionals through teaching-service-community integration, reducing the gap between theory built during the academic education and the health needs of the population. This study aimed to analyze the implementation process of the Pro-Health and PET-Health in the public universities of Sobral, Ceará. This is an exploratory-descriptive, and documentary, with quantitative and qualitative approach, conducted between 2014 and 2016, with the units of analysis the final technical reports of the Pro/PET (UFC and UVA), PET/Redes (UVA) and PET/VS (UVA), in addition to teachers and students of the courses involved in the latest issue of Pro-Health (UFC and UVA). Data collection was performed using document analysis and application of online questionnaire. For data analysis we used elements of simple descriptive statistics and content analysis proposed by Bardin. The study results showed PET-Health and the Pro-Health as a powerful change-inducing instruments in professional health education in public universities of Sobral - CE. The interprofessional and interdisciplinary actions developed in teaching, research and extension, combined with the implementation of facilities and potential of programs favored strengthening the teaching-service-community integration in the local context. The courses analyzed showed consistent innovations to the purposes of the Pro-Health, but have not reached all the stages mentioned as objective image of the vectors. Greater magnitude of changes must be achieved in order to advance in the consolidation of the so desired reorientation of health education. It is necessary for this, effectively achieve the obstacles that oppose the opening not teaching transformation of spaces and health check converging towards the various change processes in order to facilitate the achievement of the objectives.