Mídia digital: uma ferramenta para o ensino da aferição da pressão arterial em crianças e adolescentes

Abstract

The use of technology in the field of health education has transformed the teaching-learning process and the relationship between the teacher and his student. The educational institutions have sought to overcome the challenge of meeting the needs of a generation used to the technological means, as well as to train teachers capable of helping the student to reach the necessary skills for professional life. Despite the fact that hypertension in childhood is a predictor of hypertension in adult life and its correct measurement is indispensable for the diagnosis and treatment of this condition, the knowledge of the correct technique of measurement is still uncommon. OBJECTIVE: Considering the need for new forms of communication in the medical school as well as share knowledge in a creative and dynamic way this study aims to develop a digital media (video blog) that demonstrates the correct technique of blood pressure measurement in children and adolescents, evaluating its functionality in this respect. METHODOLOGY: The research was descriptive, cross-sectional, with the aid of a semi-structured questionnaire, applied to the students of the fourth year of the medical course of the Centro Universitário do Estado do Pará. RESULTS: The data showed that 93.3% of participants do not have the habit of measuring blood pressure in the pediatric age group, 94.6% believe that they do not perform the procedure correctly, 44% present errors in the selection of the material, 70% do not know how to prepare the patient, 40% reveal lack of techniques inherent to the professional. for the accurate measurement; 99.9% of the students stated that they did not know the guidelines that establish the norms of pressure measurement, especially the chapter aimed at children and adolescents and 94.6% stated that digital media are already used in their teaching-learning process. The display of the audiovisual resource of the video blog promoted an increase in the number of correct responses in three of the four domains surveyed and the media of correct answers remained constant in the periods analyzed after the video was presented. CONCLUSION: The audiovisual resource worked very well as a tool for share information; the teacher of higher education in health is able to build a digital media as a teaching-learning tool, as long as properly trained, requiring for this, technological literacy and educational foundation.