Teaching-learning process in times of the Unified Health System (SUS): training of faculty and dental surgeons in Brazil

Abstract

With the aim of contributing to the current curricular transformation of Brazilian Dentistry courses, this study describes the training of dental surgeons considering the needs of the public Unified Health System (SUS -Sistema Único de Saúde). We focus on the health care model currently in force and emphasize the idea that so as to attain the principles of this model, a shift in the training of instructors who lecture in Dentistry should occur. Some aspects of the training of such instructors, together with the implementation of the National Curricular Guidelines in Dentistry courses, are discussed, and the professional profiles of graduates from Brazilian dental schools are analyzed. We conclude our work by considering some elements that should be observed in order to improve the training process so that it will lead to the training of dental surgeons able to act within a new perspective, that of health promotion.Key words: Dental education; health promotion; dental faculty ResumoO presente artigo apresenta um retrato da formação dos cirurgiões-dentistas, objetivando contribuir com a atual transformação curricular dos cursos de Odontologia brasileiros, considerando as necessidades do Sistema Único de Saúde. Para tanto, resgata o modelo de atenção vigente na saúde e enfatiza que para o cumprimento de seus princípios é necessário mudar primeiramente a formação dos formadores, isto é, dos professores que atuam na educação superior na área odontológica. Nesse sentido, discute alguns aspectos da formação desses docentes, assim como a instituição das Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais nos Cursos de Odontologia. Analisa, ainda, o perfil profissional do egresso das Faculdades de Odontologia brasileiras e conclui considerando alguns pontos que devem ser respeitados para que se agregue valor ao processo de formação, de modo que este possa dar conta de formar cirurgiões-dentistas capazes de atuar dentro de uma nova perspectiva, a promoção da saúde. Palavras

Basic Cycle in Dentistry Students’ Training: The Gap in the Integration of Knowledge and Social Reality

“…Despite this resistance, concrete advances in the consolidation of SUS as a strategy for the social inclusion of all Brazilians (Vieira, 2009) and interesting experiences in courses are being observed in the health field, along with the adoption of active learning methodologies and better coordination between learning and research with a central focus on the Unified Health System (Diogenes, Souza, Emiliano, & Lima Júnior, 2010).…”

Profile of dentists in oral health team of a microregion of Minas Gerais, Brazil

“…The results of the study showed a professional profile which is not compatible with the model of health in force in Brazil, recommended by Family Health [13][14][15][16][17] . The hegemony of the private sector appears to have an influence of the professional practice of the dentists in public service 18 .…”

Revisiting the Basic Cycle: Prospects by Undergraduates’ Students of a Brazilian Dentistry School

“…The agency of the students of dentistry is the fruit of a satisfactory relationship between them and his professor, and for this, it is important that professors have an adequate qualification so that they present information not only related to the technical-professional education, but broad pedagogical and scientific knowledge based on ethical and humanistic principles [16,17].…”