Currículo básico da educação em saúde na ETSUS/Unimontes: uma proposta de integração curricular

Abstract

This study argues about the choice of common disciplines to the Technical Courses offered by ETSUS Unimontes, observing the existence of a coherent and integrated relationship in courses in the area of health and in which establishes a proposal to integrate their curriculum given the fragmentation and/or overlapping discipline offer in Technical Courses of Cytopathology, Health Management, Nursing, Dental Health and Health Surveillance. This curriculum integration aims, therefore, to describe the current curricula in courses of professional education, compare the different curricula, establish the common axis of formation and, at last, develop a core curriculum for Health Technical Courses. The methodology applied was based on document analysis on the profile of health workers, the curricula of courses ETSUS, the curriculum of distinct disciplines, Political-pedagogical Project (PPP) with a comparative study on the distinct curricula and the development of a proposal to create a common core to all ETSUS courses. As a result, it was observed that the curriculum suitability must provide the health professionals with the understanding of reality beyond its appearance and, thus, the development of conditions to transform it in favor of more integrated needs, enabling reuses of disciplines in new enrollments; allowing the student to have the opportunity to retake a discipline in other courses (in case of failure); optimizing didactic materials (in production and cost) and establishing a coherent relationship among related disciplines from the courses which are offered. It was also observed that this offer allows integrated pedagogical activities such as the use of integrated curriculum through investigative methodology.