Percepções de alunos sobre mudanças geradas na prática profissional a partir do curso a distância "Atenção Integral à Mulher em Situação de Violência"

Abstract

This qualitative study aimed to identify changes in the perspectives of professionals during the development of the course integral care for women in situations of violence, distance learning modality (DL) related to the approach to women in situations of violence, with a duration of 60 hours.The research was carried out based on the records from the speeches obtained in the discussion forums of the 4 courses conducted in the period between august 2014 to July 2016. The subjects were 189 students.To understand the speeches, it was used the technique of thematic content analysis and construction of the following categories: changes in the reflexive sphere; changes in the sphere of action; changes in the elaborative sphere.It was found that the DL course has provided relevant approximation of the students to the proposed theme, promoted awareness, acquisition of knowledge, skills development, critical eye, ability to make proposals and transmission of acquired knowledge.The evaluation showed the potential of DL course for the transformation of practice and qualification of assistance to those involved.