Educação à distância: dificuldades e facilidades na qualificação de enfermeiros

Abstract

The distance education (DE) has been growing and increasingly strengthening in the country as a qualification strategy for nurses who have no access to conventional methods of learning. The present study is an integrative literature review, which aimed to identify the aspects that hinder and facilitate DE. Moreover, to portray the new mode of teaching in their evolution over time, legislation, features, teaching methodology, and its relationship with nursing. The elements that facilitated DE were: flexibility of time and place to learn. On the other hand, the elements that hindered DE were: lack of knowledge and access to new technologies. It is considered therefore that DE is a strategy for training professionals, entered the labor market, allowing qualifying inexpensively reach a large number of workers who seek selfdevelopment. The DE contributes to the promotion of new skills and abilities against the use of new technologies offered by familiarization with the virtual learning environment, requiring the student's effort and dedication towards the activities of classroom teaching.