A integração ensino-serviço-comunidade na formação em Terapia Ocupacional no campo da saúde

Abstract

According to the National Curriculum Guidelines for the Undergraduate Course in Occupational Therapy, the teaching-service articulation must be promoted through partnerships and agreements between the assistance network and the Higher Education Institution, seeking professional and assistance qualification. The health care space is the privileged locus for the Teaching-Service-Community Integration (IESC), which represents a possibility of qualification for training and health care. In this sense, it sought to identify, from the perspective of professors at the Department of Occupational Therapy at the Federal University of Sergipe, the understanding, possibilities and challenges about IESC in the field of health. This is an exploratory, descriptive research with a quantitative and qualitative approach, carried out between January 2018 and December 2019. Eight female professors participated in the study, mostly white, with doctorate degrees, who understood the IESC as a possibility of analyze the territory and daily life of the population served; as a means of bringing the university closer to services and users; and as a technical improvement strategy for students. Thus, the IESC is configured as a powerful strategy for training in Occupational Therapy.