Abstract

LEMOS CARCERERI, Daniela et al. Interdisciplinarity and dentistry training: UFSC's Pro-Health program. Rev. ABENO [online]. 2011, vol.11, n.1, pp. 62-70. ISSN 1679-5954.

In the last decade, the training of health professionals was restructured with education and health policies promoted in partnership by the Ministries of Education and Culture and Health. This article presents the experience of the Undergraduate Dentistry Course of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) gained in implementing the National Redirection of Vocational Training in Health - Pro-Health. As an inductive process, it led to changes, aiming at integrating learning and health service and at using new methods of teaching and learning, emphasizing primary care. In the field of dentistry, these movements seemed necessary, considering that, historically, both the educational system and the labor market were governed by private initiative. In UFSC, the activities were structured in accordance with the three axes of development presented by the program, and drove the movement to reform the curriculum. Pro-Health was essential for inducing the process of change in an interdisciplinary perspective, offering contributions across all axes.

Keywords : Human Resources Formation; Dental Education; Dental Staff.