HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL EDUCATION COURSE FOR UNDERGRADUATE HEALTH STUDENTS: ANALYSIS OF A SHARED CONSTRUCTION

Abstract Undergraduate studies in the fields of health are currently being debated regarding the need for change in their syllabuses concerning the principles of the Brazilian Unified Health System, among other topics. Overcoming the operational and technicist education and expanding the critical thinking abilities of the students about the historical and political determinations of health are among the challenges highlighted. The article analyzes the teaching/learning process with a critical perspective based on the Historical and Political Education Course for Undergraduate Health Students, an extension semi-virtual course offered nationally, and supported by the National Policy for Popular Education in Health within the Unified Health System. In the present article, we analyzed the experiences brought about by the course, which took place between March and December 2014. The development of the course was based on the theoretical and methodological conceptions of the construction of shared knowledge, guided by the field of Popular Education and Health. The article presents: the history and the process of development of the course, the political and pedagogical project, the educational and pedagogical materials, and the contributions and questions, with notes on the potential future implications in educational processes in the field of health.

摘要 当前，健康领域本科教育的课程体系改革议题正引发广泛讨论，相关议题涵盖巴西统一卫生系统（Brazilian Unified Health System）的核心原则等多项内容。研究重点提及的核心挑战包括：摆脱技术主义与工具化的教育模式，强化学生对卫生领域历史与政治属性的批判性思维能力。本文以面向健康领域本科生的历史与政治教育课程为研究对象，从批判视角分析其教学实施过程。该课程为全国范围内开展的半虚拟拓展课程，依托统一卫生系统框架下的《国家卫生普及教育政策》（National Policy for Popular Education in Health）提供支撑。本文针对该课程2014年3月至12月的实施经验展开分析，课程开发以共享知识建构的理论与方法论框架为基础，以普及教育与卫生领域的相关理念为核心指引。本文涵盖以下内容：课程的发展历程与建设脉络、政治与教育教学规划、教育教学素材，以及课程带来的实践成效与待解议题，并就其对未来健康领域教育进程的潜在影响展开评述。