Academic supervision in the Mais Médicos pelo Brasil Project before and during the pandemic: what have we learned?

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Andreia Beatriz Silva dos
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Moreno Neto, José Luiz
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3588
• topic: Atenção primária à saúde; Educação permanente; Programa Mais Médicos; Atención primaria de salud; Educación continua; Programa Más Médicos; Primary health care; Continuing education; Mais Médicos Program

Primary Health Care demands a profile of continuing education and qualification of health professionals who incorporate, in their practices, collective values to produce health of people and populations. This paper is an experience report of the Mais Médicos pelo Brasil Project academic tutors, linked to the Feira de Santana State University as a supervisory institution (IS), based on reflections about the pedagogical offers and teaching-learning resources used during collective academic supervisions before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, between 2018 and 2021. It describes the academic supervision process instituted by IS and the unfoldings of health practices crossed by the health crisis. Themes and methodological strategies adopted in locoregional and longitudinal supervision meetings were surveyed, pointing out some challenges and lessons learned for continuing health education practices during the analyzed period. Before the pandemic, the educational moments focused on improving clinical behaviors aimed at qualifying daily PHC practices, while in the first year of the pandemic, they mobilized around combating it at this level of care. PHC showed itself as a locus of great relevance in meeting the country’s pre-existing demands, but also in the context of a pandemic with immeasurable health and life consequences for the people, their families and communities, especially in more vulnerable populations.