Abstract

NUNES, Tatiana Wittée Neetzow; FRANCO, Sérgio Roberto K.  and  SILVA, Vinícius Duval da. Como a educação a distância pode contribuir para uma prática integral em saúde?. Rev. Bras. Educ. Med. [online]. 2010, vol.34, n.04, pp.554-564. ISSN 1981-5271.

Current social and political demands on health professionals’ training and profile have expanded beyond technical and scientific training, requiring professionals capable of providing comprehensive care in an interdisciplinary and multiprofissional team. In this context, this study’s aim was to focus on Distance Education, based on a method with its foundations in constructivist theory, to promote interaction scenarios to construct comprehensive practice and thought in health. Six undergraduate medical students and nine health professionals participated. The study used Teleduc, a distance learning environment. The study model was defined as a case study, and the analysis was based on students’ interactions, participation in the discussion forums, editions of individual exercises, and group portfolios. The procedure proved to be a valuable promoter of health interaction, allowing imbalances, reflections, a cooperative stance, and changes of conduct, with the generation of comprehensive health knowledge. The analysis further allowed demonstrating that in order to build cooperative relations in the virtual environment, elements are needed that optimize interaction, providing a pedagogical quality and a favorable context in order to prolong learning towards a transformative practice.

Keywords : Distance Education; Health Education; Learning; Comprehensive Health Care; Medical Education.

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