Abstract
This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Introduction: Caring for people living with HIV is complex and requires ethical and skilled professionals able to offer humanized and comprehensive care at the different levels of the health system. Objective: Determine whether the academic training of health professionals at a university in Northeastern Brazil develops the skills and competencies to care for people living with HIV. Methodology: This is a qualitative study, conducted in two stages: (1) documental analysis of curricular methods, contents and activities performed in Nursing, Medicine and Dentistry courses and (2) focus groups composed of undergraduates and professors from the three courses. Data analysis was conducted according to Bardin. Results: Documental analysis identified few curricular components in the three courses specifically related to HIV. Focus group analysis showed that the issue is superficially and sporadically addressed, with few hours spent on the subject and methodologies that do not satisfactorily develop the skills and competencies required to care for HIV-infected patients. Conclusion: The current training model for health professionals is limited to technical-scientific knowledge of HIV/AIDS, with little practical experience.
Highlights
Caring for people living with HIV is complex and requires ethical and skilled professionals able to offer humanized and comprehensive care at the different levels of the health system
Focus group analysis showed that the issue is superficially and sporadically addressed, with few hours spent on the subject and methodologies that do not satisfactorily develop the skills and competencies required to care for HIVinfected patients
The current training model for health professionals is limited to technical-scientific knowledge of HIV/AIDS, with little practical experience
Summary
Caring for people living with HIV is complex and requires ethical and skilled professionals able to offer humanized and comprehensive care at the different levels of the health system. Every professional committed to quality care and driven by the perspective of comprehensive care must understand the vulnerabilities of each person seeking such care, that is, understand the situations that debilitate them and predispose them to illness This becomes even more important when the issue is HIV/AIDS, since considerable attention has been given to risk behavior, when there are other conditions that make individuals vulnerable to disease, namely aspects of private and collective life, socio-environmental conditions and the actions of public and social institutions. It is important to strive for quality care, using comprehensive care as the guiding principle To put this into practice, it is essential to understand that these actions often go beyond the health field and technical skills, and demand a broader, holistic view to learn the needs of the population and meet the biological, social and subjective demands of each patient in a humanized and effective manner (Gonze & Silva, 2011; Mattos & Pinheiro, 2001)
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