ART IN THE TRAINING OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

Abstract

In Brazil, in the late 1970s, the strengthening of democratic movements and health reform led to the creation of the SUS, requiring reform in the national curricula for courses in the health area, so that the fragmented curriculum, with an emphasis on content and passive students to unfold into active, dialogic, critical and reflective methodologies. Art is an important pedagogical resource for the training of health professionals, as it enables the construction of an empathic, critical and sensitized look. This article aims to describe studies that present educational strategies at undergraduate and graduate levels in health using art. An integrative review was carried out in the MEDLINE, BDENF and LILACS databases between 2016 and 2021. 125 publications were identified from the search strategy, after adopting the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 19 works were selected. In the analyzed articles, artistic strategies such as literature, music, theater, film, poetry, painting, sensitive writing and the creation of dolls were used. Thus, through various artistic approaches, the development of cognitive, emotional, personal and professional skills was observed. Art makes it possible to stimulate creativity, engage students, spark interest, make learning personal, connect theory to practice, create meaning by situating concepts in a story, foster interaction, and make difficult learning more accessible to students. However, quantitative studies are still incipient to statistically show the power of art in teaching, requiring more robust studies.