A prática do canto coral no ambiente da extensão universitária: um caminho para a educação interprofissional

Abstract

Introduction: The principle of integrality is understood as the organization of health care in a network and care lines, aiming to contemplate diferent steps and needs to maintain or restore the health of individuals. The health system welcomes the user, deals with their physical or mental ilness, but also cares for or directs them towards psychosocial and spiritual wel-being. Comprehensive care requires healthcare professionals to communicate, interact, and colaborate. Interprofessional Education favors the development of skils such as good communication, shared leadership, patient focus and compliance with ethical principles. In choral singing, these aspects of teamwork are also developed. The approximations between the practice of choral singing and Interprofessional education motivated this work. Objective: To identify the perception of students participating in the UNCISAL Choir about the relationship between choral singing practice and Interprofessional education. Methodology: A qualitative study, of the case study type, addressing the relationship between the practice of choral singing and interprofessional education. The Extensionist Choral extension project, ofered to al courses at the research headquarters university, was the locus of this study. Seven students from health area were interviewed, with a minimum curent and continuous activity of thirty hours in the "Extensionist Coral" project. For the data colection, a semi- structured questionnaire was used, containing six questions related to the acquisition of skils and aspects pertinent to interprofessional education. During the rehearsals of the Choir, group reflections were held on the importance of developing skils such as shared leadership and responsibility, communication, colaboration, and the acquisition of ethical principles. These themes became actions during various practical activities of the students in the course of the research. The information obtained was analyzed through the technique of content analysis. Results: the practice of choral singing favors the development skils and aspects pertinent to Interprofessional training, which can be applied to the colaborative practice in health education. Product: Creation of a discipline on applicability of music the area that demonstrates in its content the importance of musical practices together, especialy choral singing, in the contribution to interprofessional education.