Construction of a teaching assessment instrument applied to pharmacy undergraduates in the mandatory internship in Pharmaceutical Assistance.
Pharmacy students; Pharmaceutical care; Teaching assessment.
The Central Unit of Therapeutic Agents (UNICAT) is an institution linked to the State Secretariat of Public Health of Rio Grande do Norte (SESAP/RN). It is a reference unit whose mission is to implement the Pharmaceutical Assistance Policy, with the objective of meeting the ministerial demand for medicines from the Specialized Component of Pharmaceutical Assistance (CEAF), the Strategic Component of Pharmaceutical Assistance (CESAF), hospital logistics for the supply of medicines, health products and enteral and parenteral nutrition to hospitals in the state network and legal demands. In addition to its assistance duties, UNICAT is a practical setting for mandatory internships for students of the pharmacy course at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. Given the above, since this is a service with several sectors, enabling multiple experiences in the training process of these students in relation to Pharmaceutical Assistance, which includes numerous skills to be developed and a great challenge for professional preceptors in evaluating the teaching-learning process in service for the acquisition of these competencies, skills and attitudes. Thus, the need arose to equip and also align the experience with the evaluation process in the various practical scenarios of UNICAT, so that an evaluation by competencies could be carried out, contributing to the training process of these students. The development of this evaluation methodology was carried out in 4 stages: 1) Situational diagnosis; 2) Construction of the competency matrix of the activities carried out in each practical scenario; 3) Construction of the evaluation instrument based on competencies; 4) Presentation of the instrument to the NEP and preceptors. The study involved the NEP/UNICAT, the coordination, professors of the Pharmacy course/UFRN and pharmaceutical preceptors of UNICAT. The product obtained proposes an assessment process based on competencies, skills and attitudes, which was designed by analyzing and cross-referencing documents provided by the sectors involved in this field of practice. The preceptors were sensitized to discuss a new format and then apply the assessment instrument. The instrument proved to be viable and low-cost. The study complied with the ethical principles recommended for research involving human beings by Resolution No. 466/2012 of the National Health Council.