Oncology teaching in undergraduate nursing at public institutions courses in Brazil

Abstract

Objectives: to identify the occurrence of oncology teaching in undergraduate nursing curricula. Methods: descriptive study, which data was obtained from curriculum and from Pedagogical Course Projects available on the websites from Brazilian public institutions, between June and July 2020. Results: 143 undergraduate nursing courses were identified. From them, 132 nursing courses (corresponding to 89 education institutions) had available the curriculum and/or Pedagogical Course Projects. Only 7 (5.3%) of them had oncology as a mandatory subject, 4 of them in the Midwest Region. Only 35 (26.5%) had elective subject in Oncology, most of them in the Northeast (45.7%). Conclusions: on third of nursing courses at public institutions has Oncology subject in the curriculum, which is few considering the high incidence and mortality from cancer in the country. The findings contribute for discussions, in curricular accommodation, on the relevance of oncology teaching in nursing curricula.

Ensino da prática de cuidado em oncologia na graduação em enfermagem: estudo qualitativo

“…No que se refere à disciplina optativa, observouse que é uma estratégia utilizada por outras instituições de ensino no Brasil. Em estudo, acerca do ensino da oncologia nas instituições públicas brasileiras, de 143 cursos analisados, 35 possuem disciplina optativa em oncologia (Aguiar, et al, 2021).…”

“…Ainda referente às temáticas abordadas, é interessante observar a preocupação dos participantes com o ensino da oncologia, como superficial e a necessidade de incorporação da disciplina optativa voltada à oncologia como componente obrigatório curricular. Destaca-se que, a literatura científica (Lins & Souza, 2018;Dantas, et al, 2020;Aguiar, et al, 2021) sobre a formação de enfermeiros em oncologia conclui que o ensino ainda é incipiente, apenas 31,8% dos Cursos de Graduação em Enfermagem têm o ensino de oncologia inserido na matriz curricular como disciplina obrigatória ou optativa, sendo uma abordagem ainda restrita (Aguiar, et al, 2021).…”

Global challenges and initiatives in oncology nursing education

“…There is a lack of oncology content in the pre-licensure nursing curricula across the globe, whether in Africa ( 52), the Americas (in Brazil only 1/3 of public institutes include oncology in the curriculum) (53), Southeast Asia, Europe, Eastern Mediterranean, or in the Western Pacific. A survey of nine Balkan and Middle East countries found that Israel, Slovenia, and Greece had fairly substantial oncology nursing education programs, while other countries, especially in the Balkans, offered none at all (54).…”