Curricular changes in the undergraduate degree in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences from UNIFESP

Abstract

Objectives: in this study, it was of interest to verify the changes in the course of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences of the UNIFESP after the creation of SUS (1988), after the edition of the DCN (2002) and with the participation of speech therapy in professional reorientation program, Pro-Saude II (2007). Method: analysis of documents (EPC nº 32544): considered the document of recognition of the course of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences of the Escola Paulista de Medicina/UNIFESP (1977); the Political Educational Projects produced by academic Board of undergraduate degree in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences from UNIFESP (2002, 2005, 2011); Procedures: the documents were analyzed according to :the creation of disciplines, increased workload, changes of emphasis on targeting existing disciplines, teachers’ participation in activities, hiring of professionals. Results: The documents recorded changes over time, being relevant: the creation of collective health I: the territory and their problems in 2002, naming change this discipline in 2005 for public health planning and organization: health services, and new naming change in 2011 to health, illness and society: conceptions and practices; creating in 2011 of the discipline of epidemiology; creation of the approach to practice: performance in basic attention; establishment of LIBRAS; expansion of speech activities in health protection and promotion; and creation of electives and optional. Conclusion: there have been changes in the undergraduate degree in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences of UNIFESP, after the SUS, after editing the DCN and mainly after the Pro-saude II, recorded in the documents reviewed, following the recommended by the DCN.