Mestrado profissional em ensino na saúde: contribuições para prática docente e profissional sob a ótica dos egressos

Abstract

Masters Courses In Brazil are divided into academic and professional, the last one, still not widespread, comes with a commitment to work with the professional practice of their students, so the target audience for these courses are already inside the job market. The Professional Masters in Health Education - MPES, a course focused on teaching in health, is committed to qualify these professionals with regard to vocational training in the health field. Several studies point to the pedagogical didactic gap of teachers in this area. This Course Conclusion Academic Work sought through research conducted at MPES review from the perspective of graduates from this Program. The research aimed to outline a profile of MPES / UFAL graduates, identify the reasons that led them to seek this type of training and which activities throughout the course contributed to a professional practice more qualified. This research originated two articles, the first one: The Search for Qualification: Reflections on the Entrance Grounds for Graduate Studies, which for data collection was used the semistructured interview and, the second one: Contributions of Professional Masters in Health Education for its graduates’ Teacher Qualification, and used open interview. The results showed that most MPES graduates are women between 25 and 45 years old, higher education faculty of nursing or medicine and graduated for at least five years. Still expressed elements relating to personal limitations in the fields of education, research and academic management that motivated to seek qualification through the máster. Showed lack of teaching training, relating the lack of didatics, knowledge of methodologies and teaching strategies, among others. MPES becomes, in this context, an opportunity for reflection regarding the role of these professionals as a teacher as well as the possibility of theirs activities in research, which could contribute to the teaching. From this study came the intervention product: Egress Monitoring tool that aims to follow up on graduates to support the planning of the Master's Program in Health Education.