Proposta para criação de disciplina acadêmica, Núcleo de Telemedicina e Centro de Telessaúde em universidades públicas de Alagoas

Abstract

The present work deals with the ascendant theme of telemedicine, defined as the interaction and remote health care, using Digital Technologies of Communication and Information, from the exploration not only of its relevance and potential under the technological perspective, but also in the socioeconomic bias. A literature review was conducted in order to investigate traditional medical education up to a disruptive approach, noting the impact of digital transformation in the health sector. Then, an exploratory and descriptive research was carried out of the 26 medical schools with the highest continuous CPC, according to the MEC/Inep, and which are in the THE Clinical and Health 2023 ranking, through a documentary analysis of the Course Pedagogical Projects, the curricular matrix of the undergraduate program and related documents. It was identified that 11.5% of the medical schools analyzed have their own discipline of telemedicine, concentrated only in the Southeast and South regions of the country, and that 100% of these have a Telehealth center or center for telemedical practice. Considering the results obtained and discussed, a set of improvements is proposed, including the creation of the discipline of Telehealth and Telemedicine in the medical undergraduate program of UFAL and UNCISAL, the formation of the Telemedicine Center and the University Telehealth Center. It is estimated that, going forward, public policies and programs for telehealth and telemedicine will be developed, based on the epidemiological analysis of the population, and that allow the integration, a priori, of the double helix, between universities and the Government, to contribute to equity in health access.