Telessaúde acadêmica como apoio ao internato médico : conhecimento e percepção dos profissionais no campo de prática

Abstract

Introduction:telehealth as a support of medical internship contributes to the training of workers and students, as well as improving the service to users of health departments. This research aimed to know about the availability of resources and the knowledge of the workers team, and establish actions for awareness and training on the theme in primary health care. Methods:this is an action research applied to the convenience group of employees working in primary care, practice scenarios of medical internship. Conducted reflective questionnaire and educational action on Telehealth.Results:the group consisted of 70 employees, 58 (82.9%) female, 39 (56%) community health workers and 35 (50%) said they knew or had heard of telehealth beforehand. Of the respondents, 23 (71.9%) said they did not know or that the equipment was not available in their units, and 28 (85%) reported not having received training on the theme. For those who knew, or awareness, 67 (97%) identified possibility of use and 69 (100%) found the resource useful. Conclusion:despite the little use, identified potential for its application after the training. It is believed that the implementation of academic telehealth is a factor that encourages the use of this resource in the daily of these teams.