Atuação do médico veterinário no sistema único de saúde: percepção dos acadêmicos de medicina veterinária

Abstract

Veterinary Medicine has a vast and diversified field for professional activities. Professional recognition in the health field proved to be essential and important when it comes to professional performance that form the Unified Health System (SUS) now a days. In 2011, Veterinarians had the opportunity to be part of teams that are part of the Family Health Support Center (NASF), working together with different professionals who work for health quality in Brazil. Therefore, in order to finish the Integrated Residency in Veterinary Medicine of the Federal University of Pampa, this research was developed with the objective of evaluating the veterinary students' perception of the veterinarian's performance in the Unified Health System. All the data from this project was obtained through the application of a questionnaire to 234 undergraduate students of Federal University of Pampa School of Veterinary Medicine, the students were from 1st to 4th year. After analyzing the results obtained, it was possible to notice a lack of knowledge about the relationship between public health policies and professional performance in SUS and NASF. When the results of the research were discussed, it was concluded that it is necessary to change the Veterinary Medicine curriculum, increase the number of projects related to these subjects and provide training courses and specialization in this field, so we can train more qualified professionals.