Interdisciplinarity and teamwork. A Brazilian research experience

Authors

  • Maria Helena Villas Bôas Concone Departamento de Ciências Sociais/FSC/PUC-SP
  • Bernadete de Oliveira Fisioterapia, Mestre em Gerontologia e Doutora em Ciências Sociais – Antropologia, PUC-SP.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2015v18i4p427-437

Keywords:

Research, Interdisciplinarity, Multidisciplinary approach.

Abstract

In 2011, students and teachers of Postgraduate Studies in Social Sciences and Gerontology PUC-SP, together with the University of Brasilia (UNB), the Catholic University of Brasilia (UCB), and the School of Arts and Humanities (EACH-USP), initiated the investigation "Who will take care of us in 2030?", with the support of the Ministry of Health of Brazil. This report refers to the experience of fieldwork of this research was divided into two stages: the pre-test of the instrument (which has already entered ready, I miss a part of the team) and data collection itself, when held in the Greater São Paulo (MRSP), the capital state of the same name, from March to December 2011. The objectives of this paper are: 1) to discuss the development of this research within an interdisciplinary proposal, by the multidisciplinary team; 2) highlight the difficulties and adjustments - instruments and staff, as well as presenting problems encountered in its implementation. We consider as determinants of successful research the balance between theoretical interdisciplinary proposal and its implementation by the multidisciplinary team.

 

Author Biographies

Maria Helena Villas Bôas Concone, Departamento de Ciências Sociais/FSC/PUC-SP

Pesquisadora, docente do Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Gerontologia/FACHS/PUC-SP e Programa de Estudos Sociais: Antropologia/FCS/PUC-SP.

Bernadete de Oliveira, Fisioterapia, Mestre em Gerontologia e Doutora em Ciências Sociais – Antropologia, PUC-SP.

Graduada em Fisioterapia, Mestre em Gerontologia e Doutora em Ciências Sociais – Antropologia, PUC-SP.

 

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Published

2015-12-30

How to Cite

Concone, M. H. V. B., & Oliveira, B. de. (2015). Interdisciplinarity and teamwork. A Brazilian research experience. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 18(4), 427–437. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2015v18i4p427-437

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 4 (2015)

Section

Experience Report

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