Interprofessionality and active methods in collective health training: strategies for the construction of competences

Abstract

Objective: describing the experience of the implementation of the curricular component, which is based on collaborative interprofessional practices through active learning methods for building competencies focused on the area of collective health. Method: research of the type report of experience with a qualitative and a descriptive approach on the experiences lived by teachers in an interprofessional discipline in a Higher Education Institution (HEI) from the Brazilian Northeast in the period from June 2022 to December 2022. Data collection was carried out from the teaching plans and the diaries of the teachers responsible for the discipline. Results: the organization of the discipline stages, collaborative practices, interprofessionality, active methods and evaluation criteria used facilitate the development of skills for training in the area of collective health that interweave a necessary context to establish the consolidation of health with focus on the integrality and strengthening of the Unified Health System. Final Considerations:  active learning methods are considered powerful for the challenges of building collaborative skills in health education and a curriculum design is essential in this perspective. Based on the above-mentioned report of experience, it is evident the importance of defining skills in health courses curricula that contemplate interprofessionality, mediated by active learning methods, in order to solve the disparities and challenges that generate heterogeneity in Collective Health training.