Association Between Student's Profile and Academic Achievement in an e-learning Primary Health Care Specialization Course

Rodrigo Alves Tubelo,Fernando Freitas Portella,Maria Eugênia Bresolin Pinto,Márcia Rosa da Costa,Alessandra Dahmer,Sí­lvio César Cazella

doi:10.18264/eadf.v11i1.1205

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to analyze the relationship between the student's profile and academic achievement, using data of the Family Health Specialization course at the UNA-SUS/UFCSPA (FHS). A total of 4,438 students enrolled in the course until 2018, and all that completed the activities (n = 4219) were considered in the analysis. The characterization of academic performance, the student' status at the end of the course were considered, and the students were classified as: approved, reproved, evaded or unsubscribed; also the student's final grade was considered to characterize their academic achievement. A descriptive analysis and logistic regression models were constructed to verify an association between the student profiles and academic achievements. Most students were female (63.7%), Brazilian (63.9%), unmarried (66.9%), part of the Mais Médicos Program (54.5%), have less than one year formed (32.0%), had never performed distance education activities (72.5%), had internet access at home (94.9%) and at work (64.5%), and used the computer at least six days a week (53.4%). Among the students, 2,643 (52.6%) approved and 1,576 (47,4%) reproved or did not finish the cours. Gender, course entry form, undergraduate course, age at the beginning of the course and region of professional activity were associated with the achievement in the course and grade in complex cases essay. Keywords: Academic achievement. Distance learning. e-larning. Primary health care.

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In the last decades, new demands in terms of health organization have emerged in Brazil
In the redistribution of doctors by the Mais Médicos Program, permanent education of professionals is foreseen through the UNA-SUS Network, which supports the Mais Médicos Program, promoting the Specialization Course in Family Health (DAHMER et al, 2017; OLIVEIRA et al, 2015)
The analyses were carried out using data from the students of the Specialization course in Family Health at UNA-SUS / UFCSPA, which is offered in the distance mode

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New demands in terms of health organization have emerged in Brazil. Work perspectives have been defined that aim to promote health and self-care which require qualified professionals Based on this new premise, policies were developed to induce actions that aimed at strengthening the work in Primary Care, in which one of the needs set is the permanent education of professionals working in the SUS (CORTEZ et al, 2019; SANTOS et al, 2017; GONÇALVES et al, 2019). Considering the country's territorial greatness and the unequal distribution of doctors in the most distant regions of large urban centers, where the doctor-inhabitant ratio was low, the option of taking courses in distance education is made, ensuring that these have a practical and dynamic focus In this context, the Program to Value Primary Healthcare Professionals (PROVAB) and Mais Médicos (More Doctors) Program is instituted, which has among its objectives “to reduce the shortage of doctors in the priority regions for the SUS in order to reduce regional inequalities in the area of health. In the redistribution of doctors by the Mais Médicos Program, permanent education of professionals is foreseen through the UNA-SUS Network, which supports the Mais Médicos Program, promoting the Specialization Course in Family Health (DAHMER et al, 2017; OLIVEIRA et al, 2015)

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