O impacto do Programa de Residência Multiprofissional em Atenção à Saúde da Mulher e da Criança na construção profissional das terapeutas ocupacionais egressas

Abstract

Introduction: The Multiprofessional Residency in Health is characterized as a specialization course in the lato sensu post-graduation teaching modality. It includes the Multiprofessional Residency Program in Women's and Children's Health Care, which includes residents of Occupational Therapy. Objective: To analyze the impact of this Residency Program on the professional development of Occupational Therapists. Methods: A descriptive, qualitative study, carried out with occupational therapists who had graduated from this Residency. Results: Four female occupational therapists between 25 and 36 years old participated. All worked immediately after the residency. Two went on to work in the public health system. Currently all of them are in the private system. The outstanding knowledge was the importance of health care in the Unified Health System, the skills to act multiprofessionally and the occupational therapy intervention with the mother-child public in hospital and outpatient settings. Conclusion: The research showed that there was a very positive impact of the Residency Program on the professional construction of the graduates, in which the professionals acquired significant knowledge regarding the Unified Health System, multidisciplinary team work and occupational therapy interventions with the maternal and child public, which they still use in their current practice. Multiprofessional residency continues to be an excellent qualification space for the Unified Health System, where Occupational Therapy is strengthened as a profession.