O sofrimento psíquico na formação médica: percepções e enfrentamento do estresse por acadêmicos do curso de Medicina

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Pereira, Maria Amélia Dias
• Orientador(a): Barbosa, Maria Alves
• Banca de defesa: Barbosa, Maria Alves, Lima, Fátima Maria Lindoso da Silva, Teixeira, Ricardo Antonio Gonçalves, Oliveira, Lizete Malagoni Almeida Cavalcante de
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Goiás
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências da Saúde (FM)
• Departamento: Faculdade de Medicina - FM (RG)
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: Estresse; Estratégias de enfrentamento; Sofrimento psiquico; Abuso; Estudantes de medicina; Disciplina eletiva
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Stress; Coping; psychic distress; Abuse; Medical students; Elective
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CIENCIAS DA SAUDE
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/4381

In this research the object of study was the psychic suffering of the medicine students. The general goal was to discuss stressors e possible abuses or violences of the medical course according to the perception of medicine students from a public university in the center west part of Brazil, analyzing the contributions of an elective course offered in the medical school, in which stress coping strategies were explored. The project is in accordance with the ethics aspects of Resolution 466/12. It is a descriptive-exploratory using the qualitative approach characterized as case study. The sample was 33 medicine students in 2011 and 76 in 2013. The data collection was made through focus groups, semi-structured questionnaires and notes from the teachers during the time spent with the students. The data was registered, organized and analyzed with the use of a software that support qualitative analysis called WebQDA. The analysis of the content was based on the methodology of Bardin. The results were presented in articles about the stress factors with the following categories: curriculum, evaluations, relation with teachers, support structure, interpersonal relations, professional perspectives, personal expectations, fear and insecurity, the coping strategies divided in distractions and relief or comprehension and resolution; the way the students deal with pain were characterized as negation and escape or reflexive and the violence and abuse during the medical course were seen as abuse of power or institutional fragilities; the perceptions about the changes after doing the elective about the coping strategies include more self-reflection, improvement in assertiveness and communication. It was concluded that among other stressors is the excessive work load, too much content to be learned, exams, seminars and numerous group works, big responsibilities, insecurity and fear of failing, competitive environment, verbal abuse, violence in the freshmen’s hazing. As examples of the coping strategies there are: going out with friends, searching support from religion, physical activities, doing other things apart from university, support from family/friends, sharing the difficulties. Many react to pain by denying it. After doing the elective course the majority of the students reported less stress symptoms than in the begging of the semester, more use of coping strategies, considering the course as an useful moment to learn new techniques with a higher self-reflection and they realized positive changes in their own life. The elective discipline meant theoretical and practical learning, brought benefits from the class itself, moments of reflection and psychic and emotional changes.