CONSTRUCTION OF A SURGICAL SAFETY MANUAL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Abstract

Educational technologies built from conceptions of health workers can be used in educational actions and contribute to improve daily professional practice. The purpose of this study was to describe the construction of educational technology on safe surgery. Case study on the production of educational technology through the construction of a manual, conducted in the first half of 2015, based on data on the perceptions of the staff of the surgery clinic area and surgical center of the University Hospital of Cuiabá, State of Mato Grosso on surgical safety collected through semi-structured interviews. Access to the professionals’ knowledge/expertise has made it possible to produce a material that meets the needs of the group and can be used in the implementation of the surgical safety protocol.

Keywords

• Patient safety
• Learning
• Operating room
• Educational technology
• Continuing education