A percepção dos acadêmicos do curso de enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Campus Universitário de Sinop quanto a existência de atividades complementares no currículo de graduação

Abstract

The Brazilian nursing education idealizes professional nursing education based on scientific rigor and intellectual, guided by ethical principles, generalist, humanist, critical and reflexive. This need for academic and professional development has been reinforced by the constant changes that occurred during the evolution of nursing education and leading the students to seek, acquire, review and update their knowledge. A key strategy for this to occur is the inclusion of additional activities in the formation of the professional, which is seen as a rich source of learning. The purpose of this research is to analyze the perception of nursing students in relation to complementary activities. This is a descriptive study with qualitative approach that aims to contribute to the planning of complementary activities and vocational training in the medium and long-term academic nursing course of UFMT / CUS. The project was evaluated by the Committee on Ethics and Human Research of the University Hospital Julio Muller and approved under the Opinion 921 221 of December 17, 2014. 37 students were interviewed using a structured questionnaire with seven sections, which evaluated the sociodemographic profile, main types of complementary activities, the main motivations in carrying out these activities, contribution in professional and academic future and the importance attached to carrying out complementary activities. The great demand for additional activities not only includes training and improving vocational training, but is also related to improvement techniques and knowledge acquisition, curriculum improvement and even related to financial part. The results of this research showed that most academics nursing course UFMT / CUS participated in some complementary activity during the graduation period and that the presence in such activities tend to gradually increase as they progress through the academic degree course. The academics found that participation in these activities contributed positively in their academic training.