Health Interdisciplinarity approach in a Postgraduate Programin Pandemic Times: Artigo Original Experience of Remote and Synchronous Activity

• Main Author: Toso, Beatriz Rosana Gonçalves de Oliveira
• Publication Date: 2020
• Other Authors: Guimarães, Ana Tereza Bittencourt, Viera, Cláudia Silveira, Costa, Rose Meire, Rodrigues, Rosa Maria, Machineski, Gicelle Galvan, Conterno, Solange Fátima Reis
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: EAD em Foco
• Download full: https://eademfoco.cecierj.edu.br/index.php/Revista/article/view/1161

Introduction: With the suspension of classroom teaching activities in the countrydue to the Covid-19 pandemic, such activities have been developed throughonline platforms, synchronously and remotely. Objective: To evaluate and reportthe experience of remote and synchronous activity in the postgraduate program,in a workshop format on interdisciplinarity in the health area. Method: Qualiquantitative, descriptive, and cross-sectional study was carried out in a statehigh education institution. In this activity, 28 postgraduate students, enrolled inmaster’s and doctoral degrees, took part of that. Data were collected througha Google® form, made available to students in the Microsoft Teams virtualroom, after each activity, and / or sent by WhatsApp®. Quantitative data wereanalyzed considering domains of structure, process, and result, using descriptivestatistics and qualitative data by content analysis. Results: In the domain ofstructure, the quality of access, remote access equipment and the environmentwere identified. In the domain of process, the interaction, participation, anddynamics of the workshop were adequate. However, there were difficultiesregarding the skills while using the digital media. In the domain of results, theunderstanding of the explored contents was achieved. In the qualitative analysis,the category “evaluation of the activities carried out in the workshop on healthinterdisciplinarity” presents the results including: expectations regarding theactivity; favorable and unfavorable aspects of the meetings; experienced feelings;and, assessment of meeting expectations. Conclusion: The teaching activity inremote and synchronous format was positively evaluated by the participants.Their assessment considered the robust planning, pedagogical strategies forthe knowledge construction, based on synchronous dialogic interactions, andexchange of experiences among the involved ones. Keywords: Covid-19. Interdisciplinary placement. Interdisciplinarycommunication. Health human resource training. Distance learning