Abstract
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the contribution of the Graduate Program in Nursing at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina to the internationalization of Brazilian nursing. Method: this is a qualitative study of a social historical nature and with a political-documentary basis. The following were used as primary sources: 22 reports (from 1998 to 2020), available in the files of the aforementioned program and in the institutional website of the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, in addition to the five National Graduate Plans; and the secondary source was the article about the 30 years of the Program. The data were analyzed following the thematic content analysis steps, with the aid of the ATLAS.ti® software, version 9.1.5.0. The findings related to the internationalization initiatives carried out within the scope of the Program were interpreted in relation to the macro-policies of Brazilian graduate education. Results: the three analytical categories: Ground zero - The first steps of the Program towards internationalization (1976-1997), Consolidation milestone - Strengthening internationalization strategies (1998-2006), and Excellence milestone - The visibility of internationalization (2007-2020), show the internal and external movements that involved the Program's internationalization process. Conclusion: the contribution of the Graduate Program to the internationalization of Brazilian nursing was based on the commitment of its faculty and students to the profession and its challenges, as well as on a critical perspective at the legal parameters established. The 45-year trajectory, guided by the constitutional bases of international relations, in an original and pioneering way, fostered the development of partnerships, academic advisory and international solidarity. This entire movement exerted a positive impact on the strengthening of the nursing and health science in the world.
Highlights
Brazilian science can be considered recent, when compared to other countries or when expressive moments are resumed, such as the foundation of the Brazilian Society of Sciences, in 19161–2, and national responses to capital expansion after World War II
Concern with the improvement and qualification of the faculty led to the creation, in 1974, of a Commission****4to prepare a project for a Specialization Course in Nursing
The milestones in the 45-year trajectory of PEN/Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) reveal their contribution to the internationalization of the Program and of Brazilian Nursing
Summary
Brazilian science can be considered recent, when compared to other countries or when expressive moments are resumed, such as the foundation of the Brazilian Society of Sciences, in 19161–2, and national responses to capital expansion after World War II. The advance of science was strongly linked to graduate training in the country, and the Sucupira Opinion*1(Opinion No 977/65) assumed the distinction between the lato sensu and stricto sensu graduate programs[4]. The former were directed towards the demand for specialized positions created by economic development; and the latter aimed at training scientists, researchers and technicians capable of developing research, indispensable for the new directions of the economy and international relations[5,6]
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