Coping strategies and health promotion through teaching-service integration in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Jucier Gonçalves Júnior,Sandra Barreto Fernandes Da Silva,Sarah Cavalcante Brandão,Emmanuela Quental Callou De Sá

doi:10.5712/rbmfc15(42)2526

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https://doi.org/10.5712/rbmfc15(42)2526

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Abstract

In the current situation related to 2019-nCoV β-coronavirus, the National Health Authorities have determined the elaboration of contingency plans (CP) that minimize the contagion and allow the functioning of essential activities. The CP presented defines a set of guidelines that allow the adequacy of the response of a public university in Northeast of Brazil linked to the Programa Mais Médicos para o Brasil. Descriptive and qualitative study, type of comment, from the analysis of the data of the CP for the definition of strategies for coping with public health emergencies. The CP consists of ten measures that include assistance via applications/social networks; monitoring of physicians who are at risk; screening of suspected/confirmed cases; production of guides/protocols; 24h psychological/technical assistance to physicians working at primary health care and provision of online courses. The methodology proposed provides different models from those trivially presented in academia and is essential to promote health education.

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In the current situation related to 2019-nCoV β-coronavirus, the National Health Authorities have determined the elaboration of contingency plans (CP) that minimize the contagion and allow the functioning of essential activities
The PMMB oversees the provision of physicians in regions where a shortage or absence of these professionals exists, as well as more investments for the construction, reformation and expansion of Unidades Básicas de Saúde (UBS; Basic Health Units), expansion of the number of medical degree places and medical residency places to qualify the training of these professionals.[1]
The first three measures consist of remote assistance and supervision, Google Meets application, with periodic meetings between tutors, supervisors and PMMB scholars, in which there reports are sent, by scholars, which are assessed respectively as to (a) relevance and quality of the information obtained; (b) debates about possible changes or permanence of approaches taken; and (c) re-adaptation of the protocols to the local UBS based on the results found and the protocols of the main health authorities in Brazil and in the world (Table 1)