Concepções e práticas acerca da interprofissionalidade em saúde por membros de um Pet-Saúde

Abstract

This study had as object conceptions and practices about the interprofessionality in health by members of a Pet-health. The Education through Work for Health Program (PET-Saúde) is a policy that induces professional training aimed at strategically strengthening the Unified Health System. In one of its most recent versions, in 2019, it brought the theme of interprofessionality. The objective of this study was to describe the conceptions and practices about interprofessionality in health of members of PET-Saúde. This is an analytical research with a qualitative approach that was approved by the Ethics and Research Committee of the Federal University of Alagoas, under opinion 5,262,879 (CEP-UFAL). The study scenario took place in the capital of Alagoas, where 24 members of PET-Saúde (UFAL) participated. The production of information happened through the techniques of the focus group and for the analysis of the collected material, the content analysis proposed by Bardin was used. The results were systematized into three categories of topics, namely: Conceptions about interprofessionality; Challenges faced for the effectiveness of interprofessionality in education and health services; and, Interprofessionality in health and the strengthening of the SUS. Participants expressed conceptions about interprofessionality as a powerful strategy for strengthening teamwork, precisely because it reduces work overload among professionals, by breaking stereotypes, prejudices and hierarchies between areas, by creating bonds created outside and inside of the work environment and, by the synergistic interaction of shared and specific knowledge of these workers during the joint handling of the patient. In addition to promoting interpersonal relationships, they understand and perceive that interprofessional practice is a guiding principle for patient safety precisely because health care is extremely more aligned with the patient's needs. Carrying out this study made it possible to understand the theme of interprofessionality from the perspective of members of PET-Saúde in its interprofessional version. It suggests not only the continuation of PET-Saúde in teaching institutions, but also its improvement and the implementation of other policies that induce work reorientation. Furthermore, the implications of the subject for practice lie in the need for a new academic curriculum that is integrative with other areas, in addition to a closer look at the subject and support for encouraging policies focused on the subject.