Percepção dos alunos do curso de odontologia sobre os estágios supervisionados

Abstract

The supervised internship provides the student with a different experience from that of the Institution of Higher Education, and aims to learn the resolution of the problems presented in the daily routine of dental care. The present study aims to evaluate the perception of the students of the course of Dentistry on the supervised stage. Through a descriptive cross-sectional study, a questionnaire was applied to 52 students of Dentistry of the Federal University of Paraíba. The data analysis was performed through descriptive statistics, with the program SPSS for Windows 20.0, and included the distribution of frequency in absolute and percentage numbers. There was a prevalence of female gender (76.9%) and students aged between 20 and 30 (96.2%). When we analyzed data on the students' perception of satisfaction in participating in the supervised internships, 46% were partially satisfied and 40% fully satisfied. In the question about the importance of the supervised internship in their academic training, 81% of the students fully agreed that the internship was important. When questioned about the importance of the initial stages, 31% of the students answered that they were partially important, 25% totally important and 19% did not consider it important. About the importance of the final stages, 77% of the students agreed totally. Regarding dental care in the public network, 46% of respondents disagreed in part of this quality and 33% disagreed totally. Of the students interest in acting in the public service, 56% of the students have a partial interest, and 23% have total interest. At the end of the study, it can be affirmed that the students of Dentistry are satisfied to participate in the supervised stages and realize the importance of this curricular component in their academic formation. The experience in the final stages of the course, considered more technical, is more significant than in the initial stages, which are directed to collective health according to students' perceptions. The students consider that quality in the public service is not satisfactory, but despite this finding, they have an interest in working in this job market. Luciane Queiroz Mota de Lima