Interprofessionality in Brazilian national curricular guidelines for health courses

Abstract

Abstract This study aimed to analyze the inclusion of interprofessionality in Brazil's National Curricular Guidelines (NCG) for undergraduate health courses. This is a qualitative research based on documentary analysis of the guidelines, divided into two stages: exploratory reading and document analysis. The current NCG for undergraduate health courses make references to teamwork, however, there are few mentions of interprofessionality. Guidelines published after the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework for action on interprofessional education and collaborative practices contain more references to the inclusion of interprofessionality. It was observed that most guidelines for undergraduate health courses still include interprofessionality in a limited and sporadic manner.

Keywords

• interprofessional education
• health human resource training
• universities