Abstract
The formation of Occupational Therapists has become the subject of analysis and debate in recent decades after several changes in health policies in Brazil, among them the implementation of the National Curriculum Guidelines (NCGs) directing teaching practices in line with the Health Unic System and International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Given these paradigms, the Occupational Therapy courses passed with several adjustments in their course of pedagogical political projects (PPPs) and their teaching practices. The study’s goal was to characterize the Occupational Therapy courses and analyze their PPPs focusing on changes in the health care model and the inclusion of ICF. The research was exploratory and was conducted through documentary analysis. By 2013 there were 63 occupational therapy courses working in the country, 44 in private institutions and 19 in public, demonstrating a lack of supply in public. The Occupational Therapy courses are still guided by the biomedical model, and the applicability of the ICF as well as the insertion of the biopsychosocial model are incipient in teaching practice.
Highlights
The training of health professionals has become the subject of analysis and debate in recent decades after several changes in health policies in Brazil, and there is a need to assess the impact of these changes in scientificHow to cite this paper: Braga, A
An interesting factor identified in this study indicates that the largest number of occupational therapy courses, 69.85% are in private universities and 30.15% in public, which corroborates with the study of Haddad et al (2009) describing that higher education in Brazil is predominantly private
Considering the information obtained in the results, this study indicates that despite the establishment of National Curriculum Guidelines (NCGs) in 2002 recommending that the occupational therapist has a generalist training; and the recommendations of COFFITO, to include the ICF in professional practice, World Health Organization (WHO) and currently Unified Health System (UHS) for the implementation of the biopsychosocial health of the ICF model in the country, this study shows that it is still scarce of the applicability of this new concept in health to guide the training of professionals in Occupational Therapy
Summary
The training of health professionals has become the subject of analysis and debate in recent decades after several changes in health policies in Brazil, and there is a need to assess the impact of these changes in scientificHow to cite this paper: Braga, A. Graduate Courses in Occupational Therapy and International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Driven by the negative evaluation processes of higher education and existing curricula, the need for curriculum change (Pinto & Yokoyama, 2008). Given this situation, education involves reformulation of the National Curriculum Guidelines (NCGs) for health courses, approved mostly between 2001 and 2002. The new NCGs seek to integrate education with health and point to the need of the courses incorporate into their projects teaching the theoretical framework of the Unified Health System (UHS) in order to promote quality higher education and enter the reality of public services to the practices of graduate courses from the first year
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