Atuação do farmacêutico na vigilância em saúde: uma análise da formação profissional para a atuação na vigilância sanitária

Abstract

Health Surveillance (VS) comprises the articulation of knowledge, processes and practices related to epidemiological surveillance, environmental health surveillance, worker health surveillance and health surveillance (VISA), with the National Health Surveillance Policy being established in 2018 ( PNVS). VISA is defined as a set of actions capable of eliminating, reducing or preventing health risks and intervening in health problems arising from the environment, the production and circulation of goods and the provision of services of health interest. Given the diversity of knowledge necessary to carry out surveillance actions, the inclusion of the pharmacist in supervision is essential. Therefore, the objective of this work was to evaluate whether the pharmacist's training prepares him with skills and abilities to respond to PNVS tasks, as well as to meet the demands of working in Health Surveillance. This is a qualitative review. The academic training of pharmacists must be aligned with their professional responsibilities and fields of activity and despite health surveillance being an area of pharmaceutical activity, including private practice in some cases, this topic and content are rarely covered in the subjects of the Pharmacy course. In view of the analysis of the proposed documents, we can conclude that there is weakness regarding the topic of Health Surveillance, both in the National Curricular Guidelines for the Pharmacy Course, and in the Pharmacy Pedagogical Plan of a Federal University in Southern Brazil, causing the pharmacist to conclude graduation without having in-depth knowledge of the topic. It is up to training institutions to reflect on their curricular components, so that they consider the necessary changes, in order to contribute to academic training and to take into account these tasks, which are still challenging and complex in the daily life of a pharmacist.