Ligas acadêmicas no ensino superior da área da saúde: potencialidades e fragilidades

Abstract

The research object presented here was chosen from previous academic experiences with university extension that were unique to my academic training. In this sense, because I believe in the impact of initiatives of university extension in the formation, I chose the object "academic leagues. Despite the significant increase in the number of leagues in the country, especially in medical schools, there is still a shortage of studies that deal with the issue. In this sense, there is a need for studies that can contribute to the analysis and evaluation of the same, in order to instigate reflections. From the above, this study aims to analyze the academic leagues of undergraduate courses in the health area of public universities in the interior of Ceará. This is an exploratory-descriptive, documentary, case-study study under a qualitative approach. The study scenario was two public universities in the interior of Ceará: Vale do Acaraú State University and the Federal University of Ceará, more precisely in 4 academic leagues of Nursing undergraduate courses and 4 academic leagues in the medical undergraduate course members of the study, teacher and student. The study has been developed since joining the masters program in March 2016 and had its data collection performed from July to December 2017. It was developed in three stages. The first was the documentary analysis; the second corresponded to the moment of observation; and the third was the semi-structured interviews. The data obtained through data collection were analyzed using the Content Analysis Technique proposed by Bardin and organized by the n-live software. From the analysis of the information can be defined a concept for the academic leagues; identify the main motivations of teachers and students to participate in the leagues; characterize the academic leagues participating in the study, identifying their organization, appearance, objectives, regulations, composition, performance scenarios and financial resources; identify teaching, research and extension activities and discuss the search for the indissociability of this tripod; and to identify the potentialities of the leagues, such as the competences (re) built by the students and the difficulties encountered in the development of the activities of the academic leagues. From the above, it is recognized that the leagues are innovative strategies that can enhance health training, through the development of activities that seek to operationalize the indissociability of the tripod of the university, using as main tool the student protagonism and consequently learning centered on the student.