Relacionamentos e interações no adolescer saudável

Este estudo teve como objetivo conhecer a percepção de adolescentes acerca dos relacionamentos e interações no processo de adolescer saudável. Tratou-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa do tipo exploratória, realizada com dez adolescentes em um colégio estadual de uma cidade no sul do Rio Grande do Sul, durante os meses de agosto a outubro de 2007. Para a coleta dos dados, foram utilizadas entrevistas semi-estruturadas. Posteriormente, optou-se pela análise temática, na qual emergiram dois temas: o processo de construção dos relacionamentos e interações no adolescer e riscos presentes no convívio social. Frente a isso, percebeu-se a importância das relações interpessoais formadas na adolescência merecendo atenção do enfermeiro, que pode colaborar na orientação dessa população seja, nas Unidades Básicas de Saúde, hospitais ou no ambiente escolar, a adolescerem de maneira saudável. Assim, os adolescentes poderão aproveitar os vínculos construídos para crescerem e firmarem-se na fase adulta.Este estudio tuvo como objetivo conocer las relaciones e interacciones en el proceso de adolecer saludable. Este fue un estudio de tipo cualitativo exploratorio, realizado con diez adolescentes en uno colegió estadual del ciudad en el sur de Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, durante los meses de agosto a octubre de 2007. Para recopilar los datos, utilizamos entrevistas semi-estructuradas. Posteriormente, se decidió por el análisis temático, en la que surgieron dos temas: el proceso de construcción de las relaciones e interacciones en la adolescencia y el riesgo en la vida social. Por lo tanto, se percibió la importancia de las relaciones interpersonales forman durante la adolescencia, digna de atención del enfermero, que puede ayudar en la orientación de esta población en unidades básicas de salud, hospitales o en las escuelas, a la adolescencia saludable. Y así, los jóvenes pueden disfrutar de los vínculos construidos para crecer y para entrar en la edad adulta.The purpose of this study is to explore how teenagers view the relationships and interactions in the process of healthily becoming an adolescent. This qualitative exploratory research was conducted with ten teenagers in a state college in a town in southern Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, from August to October, 2007. We used semi-structured interviews to collect the data. Later, we decided to use a thematic analysis, in which two themes emerged: (1) the process of building relationships and interactions in adolescence and (2) the risk in social life. As a result, we realized the importance of interpersonal relationships formed in adolescence, which deserve the nurse s attention. Nurses can help in the guiding of this population in basic health units, hospitals or schools, to a healthy adolescence. Thus, teenagers may enjoy the relationships built in this process in order to grow and to enter into adulthood

Faculty Development to Enhance Humanistic Teaching and Role Modeling: A Collaborative Study at Eight Institutions

BACKGROUND: There is increased emphasis on practicing humanism in medicine but explicit methods for faculty development in humanism are rare. OBJECTIVE: We sought to demonstrate improved faculty teaching and role modeling of humanistic and professional values by participants in a multi-institutional faculty development program as rated by their learners in clinical settings compared to contemporaneous controls. DESIGN: Blinded learners in clinical settings rated their clinical teachers, either participants or controls, on the previously validated 10-item Humanistic Teaching Practices Effectiveness (HTPE) questionnaire. PARTICIPANTS: Groups of 7-9 participants at 8 academic medical centers completed an 18-month faculty development program. Participating faculty were chosen by program facilitators at each institution on the basis of being promising teachers, willing to participate in the longitudinal faculty development program. INTERVENTION: Our 18-month curriculum combined experiential learning of teaching skills with critical reflection using appreciative inquiry narratives about their experiences as teachers and other reflective discussions. MAIN MEASURES: The main outcome was the aggregate score of the ten items on the questionnaire at all institutions. KEY RESULTS: The aggregate score favored participants over controls (P = 0.019) independently of gender, experience on faculty, specialty area, and/or overall teaching skills. CONCLUSIONS: Longitudinal, intensive faculty development that employs experiential learning and critical reflection likely enhances humanistic teaching and role modeling. Almost all participants completed the program. Results are generalizable to other schools

Use of Critical Incident Reports in Medical Education: A Perspective

Critical incident reports are now being widely used in medical education. They are short narrative accounts focusing on the most important professional experiences of medical students, residents, and other learners. As such, critical incident reports are ideally suited for addressing values and attitudes, and teaching professional development. This manuscript describes critical incident reports and gives examples of their use, provides a theoretical underpinning that explains their effectiveness, and describes the educational impacts of critical incident reports and similar methods that use reflective learning. The author recommends critical incident reports as an especially effective means to address learners' most deeply held values and attitudes in the context of their professional experiences