O Facebook® como ferramenta de ensino em um programa de monitoria

Abstract

Objective: Describe an experience report about the use of Facebook® as a virtual tool to support the learning process in a monitoring program of a course of Medicine, from the conception that the field of medical education is strongly influenced by the new information technologies. Method: A Facebook® group was created where students actively participated in solving the following activities: 1) Resolving issues by analyzing clinical cases with prevalent complaints in PHC in small groups; 2) Collective discussion of the answers found; 3) Sharing of supplementary didactic material and 4). Question-answering environment. Result: It was possible to observe through this innovative initiative that the use of Facebook® was an important tool during the monitoring program and should be maintained and improved for the next classes. Conclusion: We can observe from this experience that new information and communication technologies must be present in the pedagogical arsenal and that their applications should be better studied in view of the potential of their benefits in the teaching-learning processes.