Formação para o Sistema Único de Saúde em cursos de graduação em psicologia no Estado do Paraná

Abstract

The Brazilian Public Health System (SUS) originated in the social movements during the twentieth century which had as horizon, better health care conditions for the population agenda on principles and guidelines that give uniqueness highlighting integrality. It has as general objective to analyze the formation of the Psychologist, for the work in the SUS, in undergraduate courses of higher education institutions in the state of Paraná. As specific objectives sought to: systematize the development of graduate programs in psychology in Paraná; identify the guiding documents of training in psychology indication for vocational training focused on activities in the SUS; and analyze the understanding of teachers of undergraduate psychology about training for SUS guided by the principle of integrality. Exploratory study whose data were collected through triangulation having as official data sources on psychology courses available online in Brazil; guiding documents of psychology college; Pedagogical Political Project of the courses and the questionnaire content answered online by active teachers in the State of Paraná s undergraduate courses in psychology. Quantitative data were systematized and analyzed descriptively. Qualitative data were subjected to content analysis in the form of thematic analysis taking as an analytical category the principle of integrality. The final text was systematized in four articles so entitled: undergraduate courses in psychology in Brazil: from implementation to the expansion in recent decades; The integrality in Pedagogical Political Projects for training psychologists; Health Unic System and integrality in shaping the vision of Psychology teachers; undergraduate courses in Psychology in the State of Paraná: the expansion in recent decades and the current training proposals. The synthesis of the study indicates that training in psychology in Brazil followed the privatization of higher education movement started from 1996 with the neoliberal investments for this level of training. The first courses in the state dating from the late 1960s, with significant expansion over the next decades, especially in the period from 2001 to 2010. It was identified 38 courses, mostly installed in private institutions of these 27 indicate the offer emphases in their curriculum proposals and 11 don t feature them. They offer isolated disciplines, focused on public health and Health Unic System, especially in specific emphases, not reflecting the principle of integrality and focused training for SUS. The surveyed teachers s understanding indicates alternatives to overcome that complaint that form for the SUS, in the perspective of integrality is a horizon in construction. In this direction it claim that the desired formation could be contemplated in specific subjects dealing with public health, the National Unified Health System, among others. It infers that the training in psychology in Paraná State has not being oriented to the training focused to the SUS principles.