DEFINITION OF RELIABLE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR EXTRACURRICULAR HOSPITAL INTERNSHIP IN PHYSIOTHERAPY
Internship; Hospital Physiotherapy; Preceptors.
Introduction: Internships should be professional and educational links with programs driven by competency-based education in accordance with the Brazilian National Curriculum Guidelines. The extracurricular internship, which is voluntary and complementary to the official undergraduate curriculum, is a reality in Brazil and it has suffered many criticisms. The Trustworthy Professional Activities define practice learning units and assist in supervision. Objective: To define Reliable Professional Activities in cardiology physiotherapy extracurricular hospital internship. Methodology: Descriptive and exploratory research using the online Delphi technique. Seventeen physical therapists working in the internship preceptorship and one physical therapist in the course coordination role participated in the research. Three rounds were done using Google questionnaires to align the definition by consensus. Results: Among 136 initial suggestions, seventeen Reliable Professional Activities were selected along with their respective degrees of importance for monitoring the extracurricular internship in physical therapy. Conclusion: The definition of the Reliable Professional Activities for the physiotherapy internship in cardiology allowed the necessary and permanent integration between preceptors for greater clarity in the definition of roles and responsibilities, and guarantees the development of an institutional program for the proper supervision of interns.