Permanent education practices with interprofessional teams

worker’s view on the situational diagnosis

Abstract

Objectives: To describe the sociodemographic profile of the interprofessional teams to analyze how they evaluate as permanent health education practices and make a diagnosis of those practices. Method: crosssectional study, quantitative and qualitative approach performed in Basic Health Care Units. There were 124 workers from the interprofessional teams participating in the study. Data were collected by interview and analyzed by descriptive statistics. For the qualitative analysis we follow the content analysis method. The study was sent to the Ethics and Research Committee of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Unicamp, according to Resolution 466/2012 of the National Health Council, being evaluated and approved under the nº72333417.0.0000.5404. Results: Most professionals are female (80.6%), mean age 43.6 (Standard Deviation = 8.8) years old, 78 (62.9%) work in Primary Care for ten or more years. As their education, 72 (58.1%) attended higher education and 53 (42.7%) attended at least a post-graduation and / or specialization. The 81.5% of the participants pointed out that the Permanent Education actions had a direct impact on their interprofessional work process. Conclusion: Professionals felt more valued and competent, leading to improvements in service, greater preparation and safety when performing actions, reporting individual growth and as a team. The information obtained contributes to the knowledge of the professional profile of the interprofessional teams in Basic HealthCare Units and to reflections on the importance of the effective participation of professionals in the planning of educational actions.