A forma??o graduada de terapeutas ocupacionais para o campo da educa??o em Belém(PA)/Undergraduation of occupational therapists to educational services in Belém (PA)

摘要

Introduction: The initial training in Occupational Therapy, over the years, has been faced with the need to train professionals to act in the multiplicity that involves the fields of health, social, culture and education. Objective: This study aimed to identify and analyze how the occupational therapist training for the field of education has been taking place in public HEIs in Belém (PA). Methodology: Qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research, which was attended by 12 graduates of the Occupational Therapy courses of the two public HEIs offering the Course in the city of Belém (PA). Interviews and focus groups were used to collect the data, which underwent a thematic analysis. Results: The results pointed to the need to promote contact, in graduate education, with contents and practices that enable occupational therapists in training to understand the educational field, since the study participants, predominantly, had contact with the educational field in activities extracurricular, when they had. Conclusions: It is appropriate to encourage the Occupational Therapy Courses in Belém to insert contents and practices aimed at the field in their prescribed and lived curricula. Likewise, it is suggested to update the National Curriculum Guidelines for Occupational Therapy, with the inclusion of skills that refer to the Occupational Therapy and Education interface.