Perspectivas de profissionais de um hospital de retaguarda acerca do Atendimento Pedagógico Hospitalar

Abstract

As stated in current educational legislation, specialized educational care in the hospital environment aims to ensure the continuity of schooling for individuals who are unable to attend regular school due to hospitalization and illness. Health education becomes an instrument to promote actions that are conducive to the development and learning of curricular and socio-emotional skills of individuals, thus providing unique perspectives during the period of illness. The study was conducted in a Backup Hospital in a large city in the interior of São Paulo, in which the objective was to analyze the perspective of professionals from a Backup Hospital regarding hospital pedagogical care and identify possible roles of teachers in this environment. The methodology consisted of an exploratory, descriptive and qualitative study, with the application of a semi-structured interview script and questionnaire. The research was conducted on digital communication platforms due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and from there, four participants were recruited: two healthcare professionals and two area/department coordinators from the backup hospital. The professionals highlighted the importance of the teacher as a member of the multidisciplinary team, thus promoting the teaching and learning of curricular content and skills to hospital patients, in addition to pointing out the participation of the teacher as a training agent in the multidisciplinary team. However, with the favorable support for the educational proposal with hospital patients, one of the ways to carry out this work is to implement a hospital class. One of the viable ways to carry out the pedagogical work would be through a partnership with the São Paulo State Education Board; the financial and human resources provided by public agencies would significantly help to build the hospital class and offer educational services to the patients served. Educational support at the backup hospital can make a significant contribution to the internal community (management, area coordinators, healthcare professionals and other employees) and to patients and their families.