(1408) A STUDY ON THE PERCEPTION OF THE STUDENT IN A CLINICAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT: BREASTFEEDING OBSERVATION FORM

摘要

What makes us unique is how we perceive the stimuli that surround us. In this context, the role ofteachers becomes crucial in what they can contribute to the student body with regard to awareness ofthe vector/vehicle more effective with each manages and processes the information it receives. Thisperception influences the thought, determines how you reach conclusions and, consequently, affectsthe decision-making process. The present research was conducted at the School of Nursing,University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. We aim to have a better understanding on the methodologyimplemented - Breastfeeding Observation Form - according to the cyclical nature of research inclinical environment. It was our intent through the goals and assumptions of the Action Researchmethodology improve educational practice in Clinical Teaching. In regard to the characterization of thesample, our sample consists of college Portuguese students from middle-classes with the femininegender as the majority of the group, in which the predominant age is between 20 and 22, representing73.64% of the sample, the remaining 26.36% is distributed evenly over the remaining classes. As forthe scientific work it was asked the use of - Breastfeeding Observation Form, an official formestablished by UNICEF and World Health Organization - by the student's body as a technique forresearch in their case study in clinical environment. The use of this technique as an innovativepedagogical methodology character since it never been use as a tool for assessing data. In our studyit was possible to verify that most of the individuals studied were found to an awareness and capacitybuildingto achieve the desired goal. The majority of the subjects stated the use of the evaluationguide eased their internship allowing them to be more focused on the observation of specific clinicaldetails.