The impacts of the COVID 19 pandemic on technical nursing education: a case study

Abstract

The research aims to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the training process of nursing technicians at Colégio Técnico de Limeira – COTIL during the COVID19 pandemic through compulsory emergency remote teaching as well as the use of information technologies. The impact on this process was evaluated in the light of active and evaluation methodologies and, finally, a possible adoption of the hybrid teaching model for the referred course was questioned. It is a qualitative, exploratory, descriptive research, through semi-structured interviews with the faculty and focus groups with students. Data evaluated by content analysis in the thematic modality. As guiding elements: the LDB for technical training, the institutional Political Pedagogical Project, the Pedagogical Project of the Course and its curricula and menus. The teaching staff pointed out difficulties in building content online, in addition to evaluative parameters and also the lack of interdisciplinarity. They point to the need for permanent education to qualify new resources. The student body reports the lack of more interesting classes and points to task overload; assume that they did not have the proper commitment and, despite being closer to technologies, they would not like hybrid teaching, as they believe that face-to-face teaching is richer in every sense.