A percepção de estudantes em estágio curricular sobre a atuação do profissional de educação física no âmbito hospitalar

Abstract

Considering that the number of Physical Education professionals working in the hospital environment is still small, Physical Education received visibility as part of the health field in the 2000’s, after its recognition by the National Health Council (CNS) as a health profession. And, as recently as December 2018, the new National Curricular Guidelines (DCN) for Undergraduate Physical Education Courses was established, whose proposal states that the health axis should be articulated with the health policies and programs of tertiary care, including collective health and the Single Health System (SUS) through the integration of education, service and community. This Course Completion Academic Work (TACC) consists of a paper and a product. The article elaborated from the research entitled: "The Perception of Students in Curriculum Internship About the Performance of the Physical Education Professional in the Hospital Environment", developed in the context of the Master's Degree Program in Health Teaching. The general goal of this research was to know the perception of students in curricular internship about the performance of the Physical Education professional in the hospital environment. It is an exploratory study of qualitative approach, where a semi-structured interview was conducted with 14 students who completed their supervised internship periods I and/or IV at the Maceió Federal University Hospital (HU) between the periods of June 2016 and January 2020. The data were analyzed using the IRaMuTeQ software. The results highlighted four categories: Performance, Learning, Difficulties, Identity. The results point out that students in the Bachelor's degree course of PE arrive at the internship without sufficient information about the practice scenario and the role of the PE professional in the hospital. In addition, they consider the time of internship scarce, feeling little prepared in the instrumentalization for the practical actions in the hospital, because the graduation does not give subsidies for a theoretical-practical basis before the internship. The students also reported that during their graduation they did not go through any internship experience in primary or secondary health care services, demonstrating that the Bachelor's degree in PE contemplates the traditional educational model of the Mandatory Supervised Curriculum Internship in gyms, fitness centers, sports and leisure. From the results, an Educational Video was elaborated as a product: "Physical Education in the Hospital Environment", aiming at projecting practical learning in the curricular life of the students on the Supervised Curricular Internship at the University Hospital, also approaching the new practice scenario, making the path easier for students during their internship at the hospital, allowing a greater knowledge about the reality of Public Health at the level of specialized attention.