A morte como fator gerador de stress no centro de terapia intensiva na percepção dos alunos do 4°ano do curso de fisioterapia

Abstract

This study had the purpose of seeking an understanding of what it means for the student to experience death in the educational practice of everyday hospital. Their speeches, expectations and frustrations were heard, in order to alert and provide subsidies to teachers, in order to better prepare this student, in order to reduce the impact that this theme causes during contact with critically ill patients in the internship field. Reflections on the part of teachers were promoted, in order to review the role of educational institutions in teaching about death and dying to health professionals. The objective was also, through the analysis of articles related to the theme, a better understanding of death as a source of stress as an object of teaching and learning. For this, the methodological trajectory followed was that of qualitative research, making use of the phenomenological method and the content analysis technique, based on testimonies from 16 4th year students of the physiotherapy course of a private university who attended an internship at the CTI of a hospital. From the analysis of these testimonies, it was possible to notice that the fear of failure and impotence in the face of the unknown is constant in the students' discourse, which demonstrates the need for quality education that provides special care to students in the internship period.