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

Authors

  • Vivianne Coelho Noronha Diógenes Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA
  • Georgia Costa de Araújo Souza Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN
  • Gustavo Barbalho Guedes Emiliano Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte - UERN
  • José Ferreira Lima Júnior Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte - UERN, Faculdade de Medicina de Juazeiro do Norte - FMJ
  • André Alencar Suliano Faculdade de Medicina de Juazeiro do Norte - FMJ

Keywords:

Dental education, health promotion, dental faculty

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

Author Biographies

Vivianne Coelho Noronha Diógenes, Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA

Cirurgiã-dentista, Pós-graduanda em Saúde da Família, Universidade Regional do Cariri (URCA).

Georgia Costa de Araújo Souza, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN

Cirurgiã-dentista, Mestranda em Odontologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN).

Gustavo Barbalho Guedes Emiliano, Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte - UERN

Cirurgião-dentista, Doutorando em Biotecnologia em Saúde, Docente da Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN).

José Ferreira Lima Júnior, Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte - UERN, Faculdade de Medicina de Juazeiro do Norte - FMJ

Cirurgião-dentista; Doutorando em Biotecnologia em Saúde; Docente da Faculdade de Medicina de Juazeiro do Norte (FMJ) e da Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN).

André Alencar Suliano, Faculdade de Medicina de Juazeiro do Norte - FMJ

Cirurgião-dentista, Doutor em Odontologia em Saúde Coletiva, Docente da Faculdade de Medicina de Juazeiro do Norte (FMJ).

Downloads

Published

2009-10-07

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 1 (2010)

Section

Literature Review

License

COPYRIGHT
The submission of originals to Odonto Ciência implies the transfer by the authors of the right for publication. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication. If the authors wish to include the same data into another publication, they must cite Odonto Ciência as the site of original publication.

CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE
As this journal is open access, the articles are allowed free use in scientific and educational applications, with citation of the source.
According to the type of Creative Commons License (CC-BY 4.0) adopted by Odonto Ciência, the user must respect the requirements below.

You are free to:
Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.

However, only under the following terms:
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests Odonto Ciência endorses you or your use.
No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Notices:
You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation.
No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.

For more details on the Creative Commons license, please follow the link in the footer of this website.