SB na escola: development of an educational platform for users of the ‘Programa Saúde na Escola’

Abstract

Objective: to describe the development of an educational virtual platform in Dentistry area, aimed at training and education of professionals and people from the community that work in the ‘Programa Saúde na Escola’ (PSE), in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Material and Methods: the elaboration followed a flowchart using the Adobe software package and standard web technologies HTML and CSS between 2016 and 2017 at the Teleodontology Center of the Faculty of Dentistry of the Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, based on information of prevalence of caries of PSE participants in program area 3.3 of Rio de Janeiro, as well as on the perception of dental surgeons regarding the work process in that area. Afterwards, educational and informational materials were developed according to each area involved in the PSE: dental surgeons, managers and the school community. Results: the virtual platform consisted in modules related to improvement for health promotion, wide epidemiological survey, and local interventional techniques. Additionally, the platform was considered as a tool for developing actions related to the Programa Saúde na Escola (PSE) based on five components of the program and research results used to establish the platform. Conclusion: a virtual platform called SB in the school was developed, aiming to improve the development of actions of dental managers and professionals who work in the PSE as well as the school community, using attractive and accessible communication technologies to the professionals involved and disseminating information about oral health.

Keywords

• educação em saúde
• tratamento restaurador atraumático
• educação a distância.