Identidade profissional docente no curso de medicina da Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro

Abstract

The study discusses the identidy of teachers in medical scholl at the Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro UFTM and its chances of professionalization based on the analysis of four elements present in the environment: university expansion, curriculum experiences, working conditions and experience of teaching medicine. The proprosed objectives were: analyse the role of teachers in the historical, political and social setting of creation of the medical scholl at UFTM, analyse the possible relationships betweeen medical curriculum and teacher identities, learn about the working conditions of teachers in the institucion and recognize possibilities for the professionalization of teaching from the experiencemedicine faculty. We had as reference for analysis the scientific production in the área, documents that portray the institucion s history , laws and guidelines related to higher education and medicine courses. Part of the data was obtained from the teachers of the course, through an identification questionnaire and reflective interviews. The analysis indicated that the identity of medicine teachers is little revealed in the process of expansion experienced by UFTM, being most obvious the expression of the doctor. The social recognition of medicine as a Field of knowledge is evidenced, and due to its prestigie in the institucion, also built by historical conditions, political and economic factors that favor its domain. With regard to experiences in medical schol curriculum, it was realized that the concept of curruculum experienced in the course has a flexnerian inherintance model, focused on specialization and fragmentation of knowledge and in the hospital as the main scenario for training. Working conditions of medicine teachers are considerad inadequate for a quality teacher performance, especially caused by several everyday difficulties in the institucion. The experience of the faculty of medicine indicated that, although there is no consensus about the various roles attributed to them, either by themselves or by others, undermining their Professional identity, teachers recognize the need for specific training for teaching, even if their most important reference is the didactics training offered during post-graduate program. As final considerations, the research indicated that medicine teachers of UFTM are part of the first hegemonic goup at the institucion. They recognize themselves as teachers, although still far from a professional perspective. Teaching in medicine is identified with the domain of technical and scientific knowledge of the area, silencing specificities related to teaching. Nevertheless, medicine teachers recognize the need for teacher training, but do not accomplish this because their working conditions compel them to choose for other activities, more urgent and with more valued wages. A policy of techer training at UFTM, approved by the enhancement of teaching and by metodologies that transform practice into suject of discussion and exploration of elements of the educational process, may be indicative of strengthening teachers s Professional identidy.