Educação interprofissional e prática colaborativa em terapia intensiva: perspectiva dos profissionais da saúde

Abstract

Before the assumptions of SUS (THE Brazilian Unified Health System), the hospital must apply integrality as an organizing axis to the health practice as well as stimulate values among professionals that support its greater concept, requiring a closer relationship between team workers and interprofessional colaboration. This academic work contains a cientific article, as a result of field research for the master’s degree program and also a technical product regarding the subject. The study, from which the article had been born, has as its main aim to investigate the availability and readiness towards Interprofessional Education and colaborative practice in Intesive Therapy. It has been a transversal research, with both quantitative and qualitative approaches and it took place at the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) of a public hospital for emergencies. Forty-three professionals amongst doctors, nurses, psychologists, nutritionists and physiotherapists had taken part in the research, those from the muiltiprofessinal team at the intensive care unit for adults. During data collection, LIKERT questionnaires have been adopted, The Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS), also two theme open-ended questions have been analyzed. The RIPLS, validated by PEDUZZI & NORMAN 2012 is composed by 26 assertive disposed in three dimensions: Team work and Collaboration; Professional identity and Patient care, respectively. In order to perform quantitative data analysis, there has been used descriptive statistics and co-relations. The qualitative data has been submitted to theme analysis. On the subjects profile within the research, it has bee made clear that most were female, average age 36,7 year-old and 12 years graduated. The responses to RIPLS have shown readiness from the team towards Interprofessional work and collaborative practice in two dimensions: Team work and Collaboration and Patient care. However, a worrying situation has been shown regarding Professional identity. There have also been disagreements between qualitative and quantitative data on the following dimension: Team work and Collaboration. The study apprehended the relevance of Interprofessional education in the intensive care practice, aiming at better professional conditions to deal with health care, once it potentiates the development of the referred skills, better Interprofessional communication, leading to attention to the subject through the integrality perspective. Although the same team ignores the importance of such education during the formation of the team work itself, showing some attachment to Professional Identity. From these results were developed three technical products: 1) Reflective feedback through a meeting the coordinators of professional categories and managers of the sectors education and development of people, human resource and study center; 2) Technical Report 3) Scientific publications. The products were designed to promote reflection on the results of research carried out, contribute to the development of educational and enhancement to collaborative and interprofessional practice. The results presentation has qualified the up mentioned research, enabling self-criticism and also providing with and efficient dialogic and healthy atmosphere. Besides, it has allowed reaching the purpose of the professional Master’s degree, showing an opportunity to self-criticism that transforms the educational praxis.