DISTANCE LEARNING ABOUT WOUND TREATMENT: THE IMPACT OF LESSONS IN THE ACTIVITIES OF NURSING PROFESSIONALS IN BRAZIL

This study evaluates the satisfaction of participants in an online course developed and taught by TelessaúdeRS/UFRGS about Evaluation and Wound Care in Primary Health Care. The criteria used for the evaluation take into account the impact of the course on nursing teams. This is an observational study using the SurveyMonkey® online questionnaire as a tool. Out of the 200 participants of two editions of the course who obtained a final average grade above 8 (Criteria for inclusion in the research), 110 (55%) responded to the questionnaire sent to their emails. It was noted that the course had a positive impact on the work of 92.73% (102) of respondents. The other 7.27% (8) of professionals claimed to not have observed changes. As for the results of the course on work organization, 60.19% (65) of the professionals reported that there was a significant change, 26.85% (29) claimed the change was reasonable and 12.96% (14) did not observe any changes. The study results indicate that courses focused on the daily practice of primary health care professionals, offered through distance education strategies, can produce positive changes in the work process of those teams and improve the quality of healthcare. Other studies, with more robust evaluation methodologies, must be made in order to test this hypothesis.