Professional qualification in Physical Education and unified health system

Abstract

The present article is part of a broader discussion on the vocational training of professionals involved in the Healthcare Field. My aim is to identify the degree of knowledge hold by students of Physical Education, from a College institution in Santa Catarina, in regard to their attainment to the Primary Care in Public Health System (SUS) through specific professional practices in the Support Center for Family Health. The nature of the present survey is qualitative, and the data was collected by means of the semi-structured interview. As a result, I observed the complete illiteracy or only partial knowledge of the functioning of Public Health System, Primary Care, Health Family Support Systems by the students, hindering, therefore, an understanding of their professional exercise in this field of activity. My theoretical intervention is the emphatic observance of the principles, which reign the Public Healthcare, as well as the institutions which comprise it, as part of the vocational training in under-graduation courses in the field of Physical Education.

Keywords

• sistema único de saúde
• educação física
• formação profissional