TITLE:
Graduate Courses in Occupational Therapy and International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
AUTHORS:
Ana Rita Costa de Souza Lobo Braga, Leonardo Petrus da Silva Paz, Vera Regina Fernandes da Silva Marães
KEYWORDS:
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, Education, Occupational Therapy, Functioning, Biopsychosocial Model
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.6 No.17,
October
27,
2015
ABSTRACT: The formation of Occupational Therapists has become the subject of analysis and debate in recent decades after several changes in health policies in Brazil, among them the implementation of the National Curriculum Guidelines (NCGs) directing teaching practices in line with the Health Unic System and International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Given these paradigms, the Occupational Therapy courses passed with several adjustments in their course of pedagogical political projects (PPPs) and their teaching practices. The study’s goal was to characterize the Occupational Therapy courses and analyze their PPPs focusing on changes in the health care model and the inclusion of ICF. The research was exploratory and was conducted through documentary analysis. By 2013 there were 63 occupational therapy courses working in the country, 44 in private institutions and 19 in public, demonstrating a lack of supply in public. The Occupational Therapy courses are still guided by the biomedical model, and the applicability of the ICF as well as the insertion of the biopsychosocial model are incipient in teaching practice.