Competências éticas dos estudantes de odontologia no atendimento às pessoas vivendo com HIV em uma universidade pública do Nordeste brasileiro

Abstract

The HIV pandemic began in the 1980s, and despite robust advances in treatments and diagnosis, such as antiretroviral therapy and the development of rapid tests, progress remains slow when it comes to the stigmas and prejudices faced by people living with HIV. (PLHIV). Prejudiced attitudes, usually expressed in the form of unethical conduct, still persist in the field of public health, especially in the field of Dentistry. This issue leads us to the dentistry education and the development of ethical skills by students in caring for PLHIV in undergraduate courses. This Course Completion Academic Work - CCAW of the Professional Master's Degree in Health Teaching at the Faculty of Medicine of the Federal University of Alagoas, was composed of two parts: the first, a scientific article and the second, consisting of an educational technical product. The CCAW: Ethical Competences of Dentistry students in the care of people living with HIV at a Public University in Northeast Brazil, aimed to analyze the development of ethical competences of students of a Dentistry course at a Public University in Northeast Brazil This is a case study with a qualitative approach. Nine semi-structured interviews were carried out with students from the 5th to the 10th period of the Dentistry course, who had at least one experience in caring for PLHIV. In addition to the interviews a documentary sources study was also carried out, where the following documents were explores: the National Curriculum Guidelines (NCG) of Dentistry courses in the Brazil and the Pedagogical Project of the Course (PPC) of the studied institution. For data analysis, Content Analysis according to Bardin was used. From the research, a scientific article was produced, entitled: Ethical Competences of Dentistry students in the care of people living with HIV in a Public University in Northeast Brazil. Based on the results of the study, an educational product was created in the form of an educational video with the theme: educational video on ethics and bioethics in dental care for people living with HIV (PLHIV). The video is available on the YouTube video sharing platform, through the access link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYCKPKG6qi8 and it’s hosted in the official website of the university dentistry course researched. It is aspired that the present study had contributed to raising awareness and mobilizing educational instances about the importance of developing students' ethical skills in caring for PLHIV, as well as stimulating scientific production in this area.