A inserção das disciplinas de ética, deontologia e bioética nos cursos de graduação em fisioterapia em universidades e centros universitários no Brasil

Abstract

Introduction: During the academic background, there is the need for understanding of the ethics and principles of bioethics. The physiotherapist experiences various situations that have ethical and bioethical implications, which are very little known and discussed. Therefore, there is a concern about ethics preparation, bioethics and moral Physiotherapist to face the current conflicts in the job routine. Aims: To analyze the profile of the teaching of Ethics and Bioethics courses in Universities and University of Brazil Centers that offer the course in Physical therapy. Methodology: Descriptive study developed through a mixed approach associated with the systematic review of the literature. The period of realization was May 2013 to January 2015 and was divided into four stages: I: Making a systematic review on the topic of bioethics in the context of academic education of health professionals; II: Making a systematic review of the bioethical discipline in the context of academic education of physiotherapists; III: Search by identifying the Universities and University Centers that offer the physiotherapy course in Brazil; IV: Analysis of curriculum matrices and / or Educational Project Physical therapy course to identify the presence of the subjects of ethics and / or ethics and bioethics. Results: We included in this study 234 higher education institutions that offered the course of Physical therapy, where only 17 (13.82%) had the discipline of Bioethics in its curricular structure and 62 (50.41%) presented the Ethics and Discipline / or ethics. The workload of 30 or 40 hours prevailed in the results. As for Bioethics course there was greater concern to address the subject and the subject of Ethics mostly came associated with ethics. Conclusion: Based on the findings it is concluded that the expansion of ethical content and bioethics in physiotherapy courses with emphasis on promoting critical reflection on the part of academics is required. This will contribute to confronting ethical conflicts, stand-alone building values and concepts, which will be reflected in their professional practice.

Moral conflicts in physiotherapy practice: perception of physiotherapists and students

“…Em um estudo de revisão, ao analisar o perfil do ensino de ética e bioética em universidades e centros universitários brasileiros com curso de fisioterapia, observou-se que das 234 instituições, apenas 17 (13,82%) ofereciam cursos sobre bioética em seus currículos, e 62 (50,41%) ofereciam cursos de ética e deontologia. Isso implica que é necessário aumentar a oferta das disciplinas de ética e bioética nos cursos de fisioterapia, enfatizando a promoção do pensamento crítico, o que contribuirá para o enfrentamento dos conflitos éticos na prática profissional 3 .…”