Interprofessional education in healthcare and health workforce (HRH) planning in Brazil: experiences and good practices

ABSTRACT

We report a review of interprofessional education (IPE) for health in Brazil with the objective of identifying experiences and good practices related to the different contexts of changing education and health systems. Our approach is an integrative bibliographic review using surveys and analysis of documents related to IPE in the Virtual Health Library scientific data base. The Brazilian scenario on IPE is still rudimentary, lacking clarity in its definition and scientific progress. Records of successful experiences of IPE and collaborative practices show some growth, with a tendency toward great adherence of professionals, students and teachers in the training model reshuffle. Collaborative practices are strategically used as innovative pedagogical approaches to foster the establishment of integrated teaching-service-community curricula, which coexist with traditional ones. IPE initiatives and collaborative practices have existed in Brazil since the mid-twentieth century. However, the dynamics of training models have not been accompanied by the same pace of change in health services, even under pressure to expand the primary health care (PHC) network and international influence for changes in educational models. The main challenge in this context is to make changes in the three components of training programmes: theoretical orientation, pedagogical approach and scenarios of practices, responding to population health needs and improving people’s quality of life.

KEYWORDS:

• Interprofessional health education
• health workforce
• interministerial education and health programs
• reorientation of health training
• collaborative practices

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro [CNE # E-26/201.359/ 2014];Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro [PROCIENCIA 2014-2017].

Notes on contributors

Liliádia da Silva Oliveira Barreto

Liliádia da Silva Oliveira Barreto is a Social Worker (UFS, 1993), holds a master’s degree in education (UFS (2003) and a doctorate in Collective Health (UERJ, 2019), currently works as Associate professor at the Department of Social Work at the Federal University of Sergipe, Aracaju, Brazil.

Vanessa D. Guimarães Campos

Vanessa D. Guimarães Camposis a Specialist on Clinical Medicine and Cardiology, with a master's degree in Collective Health (UERJ, 2017), working as physician on Clinical Medicine and Cardiology for the Federal District Health Department, Brasilia, Brazil

Mario Roberto Dal Poz

Mario Roberto Dal Pozis a Full professor and former vice-director of the Institute of Social Medicine at UERJ holds a master's degree in Collective Health (UERJ, 1981) and doctorate in Public Health (FIOCRUZ, 1996). Former coordinator of HRH at the WHO, Geneva (2000 to 2012).