PERMANENT EDUCATION ON HEALTH: A TOOL FOR THE RESTRUCTURE OF A CURRICULAR COMPONENT OF UFPB DENTISTRY GRADUATION

Abstract

Objective: To describe the contribution of EPS educational process for the workflow restructure of curriculum component “Dental Ethics and Law” taught in the 8th period of UFPB’ Graduate Dentistry. Material and Methods: Situational Strategic Planning (ESP) was used for identification, qualification of the problem and selection of critical nodes. The teachers’ team was touched and together these actors have proposed: more frequent use of active methodologies, creation of spaces for discussion, emphasizing the horizontality in knowledge construction, consult the course coordinator to redistribute the weekly hours of discipline or make it a cross content. Results: After 4 months of intervention (first period of 2010), it was found that the support of teachers was crucial, enhancing tools (videos exhibition and study guides) and introducing new perspectives as qualitative assessment and qualified hearing of students. The students were engaged in and contributed by constructive criticism and suggestions. They complained about the greater difficulty faced: dilute 4 hours weekly. The course’ coordination will be contacted at the moment of reformulation of our Political Educational Project. Conclusion: The confrontation of problems is a valuable tool to be worked out collectively, but we still need to move forward, articulating new partnerships and also including some with sectors outside the university. DESCRIPTORS Public Health/man Power; Education, Higher; Ethics, Dental/education; Workflow.