Analysis of Service-learning activities adopted in health courses of Federal University of Bahia

Abstract

This study aimed to raise and discuss the data about the integration of health courses teaching and service activities offered at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), presenting scenarios practices and major difficulties existing in the relationship between the university and the services of health. This was a qualitative study of descriptive exploratory character, using a questionnaire as a research tool applied to the coordinators of selected health courses. The selection was by reading the political pedagogical project, the following courses were selected: nursing, physical therapy, speech therapy, medicine, nutrition, dentistry and public health. The results indicated eight types of teaching-service integration activities, 57 scenarios of practice and the main difficulties. It was concluded that these courses are sticking to changes in academic training in health, in view of the large number of basic health units in the teaching service process. Thus, it emphasizes that the UFBA includes activities in health care that enable the integration-education in the higher education process, although there are some difficulties in this relationship indicated by the coordinators.