Contribuições da extensão universitária para a formação dos discentes de Terapia Ocupacional

Abstract

The present work aims to identify how the University extension contributes in the development of skills and general skills important for training of students Occupational therapy taking into account the national curriculum guidelines Occupational Therapy course. It is characterized as an exploratory study of applied nature and quantitative approach, containing documentary research and survey. It was used a questionnaire containing objective information about projects and extension and on contributions to the training of students and analyzed quantitatively considering the classification of actions of the extension programs and projects, analysis of the frequency with and no class of data submitted interval. The development of this study allowed, demonstrate the importance of University extension for the students of occupational therapy and demonstrate how the extension contributes to the acquisition of skills and general skills common to healthcare. The information from the students who participated in the projects/programmes examined in this research demonstrate the importance of the use of this modality of education as relevant part in academic training during graduation.