Active methodology in nursing supervised internship: Innovation in primary health care

Abstract

Objective: to report the experience of using an active methodology in the supervised internship in Primary Health Care. Method: this is an experience report on the use of an active methodology in the supervised internship, conducted between March and June 2019, based on assumptions of problem-based education of Paulo Freire. The pedagogical strategy used was the Problem-Based Methodology, supported by the Arch of Maguerez. Results: the Arch of Maguerez enabled deploying health education actions in the vaccination room of the health unit. This teaching-learning process allowed for an active behavior of the students involved, converged to the professor’s facilitation and resulted in the effective implementation of planned strategies during the implementation of the Arch. Conclusion: the present report outlined a successful experience in the context of the teaching-learning process, in order to provide the students the main role, in line with the curricular guidelines that indicate ethical, reflective and transformative pedagogical practices.