The implementation of a required book club for medical students and faculty.

More medical schools are incorporating wellness activities and the medical humanities into their curriculum. Finding implementable programming that is feasible and enjoyable is challenging. Both student participants and faculty who might facilitate programs are busy with clinical and educational responsibilities. Book club discussions in general are an activity that bring people together and expose groups to literature. In medical education, informal books clubs have been shown to increase camaraderie and expose participants to topics in medicine that they may not have encountered without the structure of the group assignment. At one large private urban medical school, all fourth year medical students were required to participate in a one-time hour-long book discussion with a faculty member one week before Match Day 2021. This paper describes the implementation of that program and discusses survey results from 179 students who broadly indicated that the books were enjoyable, the discussions were enriching, and that the program should continue for future classes of medical students.

A filosofia e as humanidades na formação universitária / Philosophy and humanities in university formation

A entrevista aborda temas como a importância da filosofia e das ciências humanas na formação universitária. A partir de um resgate da trajetória do professor Sérgio Schaefer na Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, na condição de professor de Filosofia, a entrevista levanta questões sobre a experiência de construção de uma universidade comunitária, das lutas pelo reconhecimento de espaços de formação para a filosofia e para as ciências humanas nas diferentes áreas do conhecimento, sobre os desafios colocados em tempos de transformações tecnológicas e de afirmação de caminhos pragmáticos no campo da educação para o pensar e o fazer filosofia na Universidade.(AU)

The interview addresses topics such as the importance of philosophy and the humanities in university education. Based on a retrieval of the trajectory of Professor Sérgio Schaefer at the University of Santa Cruz do Sul, as a professor of Philosophy, the interview raises questions about the experience of building a community university, the struggles for the recognition of training spaces for the philosophy and human sciences in different areas of knowledge, about the challenges posed in times of technological changes and the affirmation of pragmatic paths in the field of education for thinking and doing philosophy at the University.(AU)

As ciências humanas no projeto da UNISC / Human sciences in the UNISC project

Em sua reflexão, a professora Suzana resgata aspectos do debate sobre Universidade que orientou o processo político que antecedeu a concretização de um movimento político em favor da criação da Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul. No decorrer de sua análise, defende que a memória daquela reflexão e daquele processo político tem valor para a compreensão do significado e do papel das Ciências Humanas na Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul.(AU)

In her reflection, Professor Suzana recovers aspects of the reflection on the University that guided the political process that preceded the realization of a political movement in favor of the creation of the University of Santa Cruz do Sul. In the course of her analysis, she argues that the memory of that reflection and that political process has value for understanding the meaning and role of Human Sciences at the University of Santa Cruz do Sul.(AU)

Como trabalhar com narrativas: uma abordagem metodológica de compreensão interpretativa no campo das Ciências Humanas em Saúde / How to work with narratives: a methodological approach to interpretive understanding in the field of health and human sciences / Cómo trabajar con narrativas: un abordaje metodológico de comprensión interactiva en el campo de las Ciencias Humanas en Salud

Partindo de uma investigação que procurou compreender as repercussões da leitura e da discussão de obras literárias entre estudantes e profissionais da área da Saúde, as reflexões teórico-metodológicas deste artigo nasceram das dificuldades enfrentadas na hora de "organizar", "analisar", "compreender" e "interpretar" o vultoso volume de material qualitativo produzido. Desse modo, em um esforço de organizar e, ao mesmo tempo, evitar compreensões ingênuas, sistematizamos um método imersivo fundamentado na fenomenologia hermenêutica, em que as narrativas produzidas foram transcriadas em uma nova produção textual, como resultado da tentativa de explicitar as compreensões das narrativas obtidas. Surpreendidos pelos bons resultados dessa Compreensão Interpretativa, concluímos que esse método pode ser adequado não somente para o aprofundamento em textos narrativos, mas para organizar discursos, apreender percepções, significados e compreensões, possibilitando interpretações plausíveis e interligadas, sobretudo quando há uma demanda vultosa de dados qualitativos. (AU)

Based on an investigation that sought to understand the repercussions of the reading and discussion of literary works by health students and professionals, the theoretical and methodological reflections in this article arose from the difficulties faced in "organizing", "analyzing", "understanding" and "interpreting" the huge volume of qualitative material produced. In an effort to organize and, at the same time, avoid naive understandings of this material, we systematized an immersive method based on hermeneutic phenomenology, in which the narratives produced were transcreated, resulting from an attempt to shed light on the understanding of the obtained narrative. Surprised by the results of this interpretive understanding, we conclude that this method can be adapted not only to delve deeper into narrative texts, but also to organize discourses and capture perceptions, meanings and understandings, enabling plausible and interconnected interpretations, especially when there is a large volume of qualitative data. (AU)

Partiendo de una investigación que buscó entender las repercusiones de la lectura y discusión de obras literarias entre estudiantes y profesionales del área de la salud, las reflexiones teórico-metodológicas de este artículo nacieron de las dificultades enfrentadas en el momento de "organizar", "analizar", "comprender" e "interpretar" el gran volumen de material cualitativo producido. De tal forma, en un esfuerzo de organizar y, al mismo tiempo, evitar comprensiones ingenuas, sistematizamos un método de inmersión, fundamentado en la fenomenología hermenéutica, en la cual las narrativas producidas se transcrearon en una nueva producción textual, como resultado de la tentativa de explicar las comprensiones de las narrativas obtenidas. Sorprendidos por los buenos resultados de esa Comprensión Interpretativa, concluimos que ese método puede ser adecuado no solo para la profundización en textos narrativos, sino para organizar discursos, captar percepciones, significados y comprensiones, posibilitando interpretaciones plausibles e interconectadas, principalmente cuando hay una gran demanda de datos cualitativos. (AU)

Beyond empathy: a qualitative exploration of arts and humanities in pre-professional (baccalaureate) health education.

For nearly four decades, researchers have explored the integration of arts and humanities content into health professions education (HPE). However, enduring controversies regarding the purpose, efficacy, and implementation of humanities initiatives suggest that the timing and context of trainees' exposure to such content is a key, but seldom considered, factor. To better understand the affordances of introducing humanities-based health curriculum prior to the HPE admissions gateway, we conducted a qualitative instrumental case study with participants from Canada's first Health Humanities baccalaureate program. Fully anonymized transcripts from semi-structured interviews (n = 11) and focus groups (n = 14) underwent an open-coding procedure for thematic narrative analysis to reveal three major temporal domains of described experience (i.e., prior to, during, and following their participation in a 12-week semester-long "Introduction to Health Humanities" course). Our findings demonstrate that perceptions of arts- and humanities content in health education are generated well in advance of HPE admission. Among other findings, we define a new concept-epistemological multicompetence-to describe participants' emergent capability to toggle between (and advocate for the role of) multiple disciplines, arts and humanities particularly, in health-related teaching and learning at the pre-professional level. Improved coordination of baccalaureate and HPE curricula may therefore enhance the development of capabilities associated with arts and humanities, including: epistemological multicompetence, aesthetic sensibility, and other sought-after qualities in HPE candidates. In conclusion, attending to the pre-professional admissions gateway presents a new, capabilities-driven approach to enhancing both the implementation and critical understanding of arts and humanities' purpose, role, and effects across the "life course" of health professions education.

Evaluación de la pertinencia social del programa de maestría Humanidades Médicas / Evaluation of the social relevance of the Master 's of Science in Medical Humanities

Un requisito para demostrar la vigencia de un programa de posgrado es la evaluación de su pertinencia social. El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo describir los resultados de la evaluación de la pertinencia social del programa de maestría Humanidades Médicas. Se muestran sus características esenciales derivadas de los procesos realizados en el Centro para el Desarrollo de las Ciencias Sociales y Humanísticas en Salud; se define la pertinencia social y sus indicadores como conceptos esenciales para la evaluación de los procesos del posgrado; por último, se presenta la metodología y su aplicación en el proceso de evaluación. Se realizó triangulación metodológica de fuentes de datos provenientes de encuestas y entrevistas a profesores, maestrantes de la edición actual y de egresados; además, datos de los informes de autoevaluación y de la comisión técnica en el proceso de evaluación externa para la acreditación acaecida en marzo de 2016(AU)

A requisite for demonstrating the validity of a postgraduate program is the assessment of its social relevance. This work aims to describe evaluative results related to the social relevance of the Masters of Science in Medical Humanities degree. The evaluation process was carried out in the Health Humanities and Social Sciences Development Centre of Camaguey. Social relevance and related indicators were defined and considered for this specific master's degree level evaluation. The methodology and its application in the evaluation process are presented. Data triangulation between surveys collected and interviews granted from faculty, current students of the Medical Humanities program, and graduates of the department was utilized. Additionally, data from self-evaluation reports and from the external evaluation technical commission for accreditation in March 2016 were considered in the data triangulation(AU)

La apreciación literaria en la formación socio-humanista del estudiante de Medicina / The role of literary analysis in the socio-humanistic education of Medicine students

Las universidades de Ciencias Médicas tienen el reto de graduar un profesional que posea una amplia cultura general integral. El diagnóstico y caracterización del estado actual de la formación socio-humanista de los estudiantes que ingresan a la Casa de Altos Estudios reveló las insuficiencias que existen, por lo cual el objetivo consistió en la elaboración de un sistema de talleres de apreciación literaria para la formación socio-humanista de los estudiantes de Medicina de primer año de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey que forma parte de un proyecto aprobado en el programa de ciencia, tecnología e innovación nacional número 2, Organización, eficiencia y calidad de los servicios de salud, con el código 152049. El mismo constituye un aporte al Trabajo Educativo y de Extensión Universitaria en la institución. (AU)

Medical universities face the challenge of graduating a professional with a comprehensive cultural background. The diagnosis and characterization of the current situation in regards to the socio-humanistic education of the students entering Camaguey´s Medical University revealed several insufficiencies. Due to this, the objective of this research was to prepare a system of literary analysis workshops to enable the socio-humanistic education of first year Medical students at Camaguey´s Medical University. This investigation has been approved as a project belonging to a national science, technology and innovation program (Organization, efficiency and quality of health services) with the code 152049 and is a contribution to the educational work of the university.(AU)

[Professional profiles of graduates from Chilean faculties of medicine]. / Perfiles de egreso de las carreras de Medicina en Chile.

BACKGROUND: The professional profile of health care professionals should incorporate recommendations of international agencies and adapt to the local conditions of each country. AIM: To conduct a qualitative analysis of Medical Graduate Profiles of universities grouped in the Chilean Association of Medicine Faculties (ASOFAMECH), characterizing its Social Focus, Humanist Approach, Social and Communication Skills. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Documentary analysis of profiles published on the respective web pages, using Atlas Ti software, establishing emerging categories and subcategories. These profiles were compared with the recommendations of the Pan-American Health Organization. RESULTS: Data in Social Focus suggests that although community issues are a common element, the work in primary health and health promotion are rarely included. The Humanist Approach is addressed more commonly than the Social Focus, emphasizing humanization of care, ethical and religious values. Although, social and communication skills are scarcely acknowledged, those mentioned are teamwork and leadership role. CONCLUSIONS: There is a marked heterogeneity in the information declared and universities have not fully incorporated the recommendations of international organizations.

Literature and Cardiology / Literatura e Cardiologia

No 64º encontro de Cardiologia do American College of Cardiology, realizado em março de 2015 na Califórnia, a palestra de abertura foi realizada pelo Dr. Abraham Verghese, certamente não conhecido pelas suas publicações em revistas de cardiologia. Por meio da leitura de um poema, esse professor de Medicina Interna da Universidade de Stanford, discutiu a relação entre a ciência e a literatura, levando os cardiologistas a um momento único de reflexão sobre a atuação e relação diária dos profissionais médicos com o coração dos pacientes...

In the 64th Cardiology Session of the American College of Cardiology, held in March 2015 in California, the opening lecture was given by Dr. Abraham Verghese, certainly not known for his publications in cardiology journals. By reading a poem, this professor of Internal Medicine at Stanford University discussed the relationship between science and literature, encouraging the cardiologists to entertain a unique moment of deep thinking about the work and the daily connection of medical professionals with the hearts ofpatients...

Perfiles de egreso de las carreras de Medicina en Chile / Professional profiles of graduates from Chilean Faculties of Medicine

Background: The professional profile of health care professionals should incorporate recommendations of international agencies and adapt to the local conditions of each country. Aim: To conduct a qualitative analysis of Medical Graduate Profiles of universities grouped in the Chilean Association of Medicine Faculties (ASOFAMECH), characterizing its Social Focus, Humanist Approach, Social and Communication Skills. Material and Methods: Documentary analysis of profiles published on the respective web pages, using Atlas Ti software, establishing emerging categories and subcategories. These profiles were compared with the recommendations of the Pan-American Health Organization. Results: Data in Social Focus suggests that although community issues are a common element, the work in primary health and health promotion are rarely included. The Humanist Approach is addressed more commonly than the Social Focus, emphasizing humanization of care, ethical and religious values. Although, social and communication skills are scarcely acknowledged, those mentioned are teamwork and leadership role. Conclusions: There is a marked heterogeneity in the information declared and universities have not fully incorporated the recommendations of international organizations.

Entorno virtual de desarrollo socio-humanístico para profesionales de la salud en Guantánamo / Virtual environment and socio-humanistic development for health professionals in Guantánamo

Este trabajo es resultado parcial de la investigación realizada dentro del Proyecto Investigativo Institucional para el desarrollo del capital intelectual de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Guantánamo entre los años 2012 y 2014. La población la constituyó una selección de 150 profesionales de la salud de las diversas sedes en la UCMG; la muestra la constituyen 129 cursistas que vencieron los 5 cursos de postgrado desarrollados durante la investigación. La metodología seguida en esta investigación se corresponde con la de una investigación cualitativa en tanto diseña una propuesta metodológica que emerge como línea rectora en el proceso de desarrollo postgraduado en las disciplinas de ciencias sociales, políticas y humanísticas de los profesionales de la Salud. El problema detectado fue la ineficiencia en el desarrollo socio-humanístico de profesionales de la salud que incide negativamente en la calidad del servicio que prestan. El objetivo que se cumplió fue el de elaborar un software informático con actividades docentes de postgrado que permitan, mediante la autogestión de conocimientos, lograr la eficiente superación postgraduada en Ciencias Sociales, Políticas y Humanísticas de los profesionales de la Salud. En la investigación tuvimos como resultados fundamentales la respuesta a necesidades muy concretas del desarrollo de los profesionales de la Salud en ciencias sociales, políticas y humanísticas, en particular el aumento de la calidad en la preparación académica y docente, política y ética de los estudiantes(AU)

This work is partially a result of research conducted within the Institutional Investigative Project to develop the intellectual capital of the University of Medical Sciences Guantánamo between 2012 and 2014. The population was a selection of 150 health professionals of the various locations in UCMG; The sample population was 129 investigators whom finished 5 postgraduate courses developed during the investigation. The methodology used in this study corresponds to a qualitative research design as a methodology emerges as a guiding line in the development process and postgraduate degree in the disciplines of social, political and humanistic professionals Health sciences. The problem was detected, inefficiency in the socio-humanistic development of health professionals that adversely affects the quality of their service. The objective was accomplished in the develop a computer software with postgraduate teaching activities, through self-management skills, achieving efficient, postgraduate in Social, Political and Humanities in Health Sciences professionals. In the research had obtained the results as key and responses to very specific needs of the development of health professionals in social sciences, political and humanistic, including quality in academic and teacher education, politics and ethics of students(AU)

Reflexões a partir de uma experiência universitária de formações em ciências sociais no domínio do envelhecimento / Thoughts based on a traineeship university experience in social sciences in ageing

O presente texto trata de uma experiência de formações e pesquisas no domínio do envelhecimento há mais de 35 anos e considera as mutações na oferta, na pedagogia e nos grupos de estudantes. Definidos originalmente no quadro da formação contínua, os fundamentos pedagógicos e científicos aliam os princípios da educação permanente, da pesquisa-ação cooperativa e o objetivo de uma universidade aberta sobre diferentes públicos e territórios. A integração de estudantes de formação inicial influencia desde então a implementação das orientações pedagógicas e, aliás, a multiplicação de masters profissionais conduz a concorrências que exercem influência sobre a visibilidade das competências, das certificações profissionais e dos empregos. Essa situação é comparada com a de duas universidades: Sherbrooke (Quebec) e São Paulo (Brasil).

Cet article rend compte d'une expérience de formations et de recherches dans le domaine du vieillissement, depuis plus de trente-cinq ans, et considère les mutations dans l'offre, la pédagogie et les publics d'étudiants. Définie au départ dans le cadre de la formation continue, la démarche pédagogique et scientifique allie les principes de l'éducation permanente, de la recherche-action coopérative et la visée d'une université ouverte sur différents publics et territoires. L'intégration d'étudiants de formation initiale influe dorénavant sur la mise en œuvre des orientations pédagogiques et, par ailleurs, la multiplication des masters professionnels conduit à des concurrences jouant sur la visibilité des compétences, des certifications professionnelles et des emplois. Cette situation est mise en comparaison avec celle de deux universités: Sherbrooke (Québec) et São Paulo (Brésil).

Humanidades médicas no Reino Unido: uma tendência mundial em educação médica hoje / Medical humanities in the UK: a world trendin medical education today

Este artigo tem por objetivo apresentar uma análise crítica do estado-da-arte da literatura sobre o movimento deintrodução das Humanidades Médicas em Educação Médica no Reino Unido, assim como as percepções e atitudes de estudantes de Medicina, acadêmicos e pesquisadores na área. Para tal foi realizada uma revisão crítica de literatura nas bases Ovid-SP e Scopus para os descritores na língua inglesa ‘medical humanities’, ‘medical education’, ‘humanities’, ‘humanisation’, ‘physicians’, ‘patients’, ‘medical students’, ‘British’, ‘England’, no período de 2000 a 2011, com publicações em língua inglesa e por referência cruzada. Tal pesquisa gerou um resultado de 34 artigos, dos quais 29 encontram-se diretamente referenciados neste texto que mostra a maneira como as Humanidades Médicaspassaram a ser uma florescente disciplina a ser introduzida em Escolas Médicas a partir da década de 1950, paralelamente entre E.U.A. e Reino Unido. Neste panorama, historicizamos as origens do processo de dissolução do ‘bom médico’ e delineamos o caminho por meio do qual o Reino Unido configurou-se como o berço da atual tendência mundial de humanização doscuidados em saúde. Desta maneira, o Reino Unido tem liderado o debate mundial com sua ampla experiência nas Humanidades em Saúde, primeiramente como instrumento de formação éticaem saúde e, mais recentemente, como linha de pesquisa para investigar os efeitos observados na integralidade da formação de médicos produzidos pelos variados modelos de sua implementaçãoem suas Escolas Médicas após a publicação dos Médicos de Amanhã pelo General Medical Council em 1995, cujo objetivo é o de resgatar o ‘good doctor’, o ‘bom médico’, para a prática clínica...

This editorial aims to present a critical analysis of the state-of-the-art literature on the initiative of introduction of the Medical Humanities into Medical Education in the United Kingdom, as well as the perceptions and attitudes of medical students,scholars and researchers in this field. For such purpose, a critical literature review was performed at the online bases Ovid-SP and Scopus for the keywords in the English language ‘medical humanities’, ‘medical education’, ‘humanities’, ‘humanisation’, ‘physicians’, ‘patients’, ‘medical students’, ‘British’, ‘England’,during the period from 2000 to 2011, also collecting publications by cross-referencing. This search produced a result of 34 papers, from which 29 were directly referenced in this work that shows the way through which the Medical Humanities became a flourishing discipline to be introduced in Medical Schools from the 1950’s on, simultaneously in the US and the UK. At this panorama, we historicised the origins of the dissolution process of the ‘good doctor’ and delineated the pathway by which the UK has becomethe focus of a worldwide trend in humanisation of the health care. As such, raising the world debate with the British both wide and effective experience of introduction of the Medical Humanities, firstly as an instrument for the ethical education in health, then, more recently, as a research strength to investigate the observed effects of the integrity in the education od doctors produced by itsseveral formats implementation across the Medical Schools in the UK, after the publication of Tomorrow’s Doctors by the General Medical Council in 1995, whose main aim was to “rescue” the‘good doctor’ back into the healthcare...

Literatura e formação humanística em medicina: o experimento do Laboratório de Humanidades da EPM/UNIFESP / Literature and humanistic education in medicine: the experiment of the Laboratory of Humanities of EPM/UNIFESP

Este artigo descreve, a partir da experiência com uma atividade educacional desenvolvida com alunosde graduação e pós-graduação da EPM-UNIFESP, o Laboratório de Humanidades, a forma como a leiturae discussão de clássicos da literatura universal pode contribuir para o processo de formação humanística ehumanização de futuros médicos e profissionais da saúde em geral. Fundamentado na perspectiva teórica das humanidades e na observação empírica do fenômeno educacional, este estudo aponta a experiência estética ereflexiva a partir da literatura como forma privilegiada de promover a humanização no contexto educacional...

Based on the experience of an educational activity for undergraduate and post graduate students from EPM-UNIFESP, the Laboratory of Humanities, this article aim to describe the way as reading and discussion of literature classics can give humanistic contributions for the medical education. Grounded in the humanities theoretical background and in the empirical observation of educational phenomena, this study shows that aesthetical and reflective experience could be a privileged form to promote “humanization” in the medical education context...

Ciências humanas e medicina: as contribuições da história para a formação e a prática do médico / Human science and medicine: the contribution of history to medical education and practice

Este artigo trata das possíveis contribuições da História para os profissionais e estudantes da Medicina.Incluindo-se no interior do atual debate acerca da importância do ensino das Humanidades para a formação do futuromédico, identificam-se as particulares contribuições dessa disciplina científica para aprofundar o conhecimento daMedicina como prática ao mesmo tempo técnico-científica e social. Examinando-se em especial a perspectiva do cuidadocomo produto da prática do médico, no exercício de sua profissão, define-se esta noção de cuidado e justificasea tomada dos estudos sobre as práticas de saúde para considerar as contribuições da História. Nesse sentido, mostra-se metodologicamente de que modo a História das Práticas de Saúde diferencia-se dos estudos acercada História das Ciências e também dos estudos de corte memorialista, ainda que guarde relações com ambos. Sãoexaminadas três categorias da análise histórica, a saber, as permanências, as rupturas e a circularidade, mostrando-se como se expressam relativamente à abordagem do adoecimento como experiência do paciente em interação com a construção da doença com base na nosografia médica, como experiência do médico. Tal construção interativa,facultada pelos aportes da História, permitem a configuração do encontro clínico e da relação médico-pacientenecessários à produção do cuidado...

This article deals with the contributionsof History as a scientific discipline for professionals and students of medicine. It is included inside of the currentdebate about the importance of teaching the Humanities for future doctor, inside which were identified the particular contributions of History to the knowledge of Medicine as ascientific, a technical and a social practice at the same time. By examining in particular the health care as an outcome of the medical practice in the exercise of this profession, the notion of care is defined, and based on it the approach of studies on health practices is justified for the exam the contributions of History. In this sense, it is pointed out how methodologically the history of health and medical practices differs from the history of science and also of the studies on memory, although having relations with both. Three categories of historical analysis were examined: the historicalstays, the historical breaks and the circularity, showing how to express themselves with regard to approach the illness as patient experience in interaction with the construction ofthe disease based on medical experience. Such interaction provided by the historical contributions allows creating the specific setting of the clinical encounter, and of the doctorpatient relationship, necessary to reach a good care...

Ciências Humanas e Sociais na formação das primeiras enfermeiras cariocas e paulistanas / Human and Social Sciences in the training of the first nurses 'cariocas' and 'paulistanas' / Ciencias Humanas y Sociales en la formación de las primeras enfermeras cariocas y paulistas

Este estudo, de natureza histórico-documental, teve como objetivo descrever e analisar o lugar que as Ciências Humanas e Sociais ocuparam no primeiro currículo escolar dos cursos de nível superior de enfermagem da Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery (EEAN) e da Escola de Enfermeiras do Hospital São Paulo (EEHSP), identificando suas semelhanças e diferenças. Como metodologia foram analisados os currículos das referidas escolas, comparando-os e buscando entre fontes primárias e secundárias informações sobre a contribuição das Ciências Humanas e Sociais na formação das enfermeiras pioneiras da enfermagem moderna no Brasil. Concluiu-se que as matérias de humanidades ocuparam lugar secundário nos currículos estudados em comparação com as disciplinas técnicas e o aspecto utilitário que a profissão exigia na época.

This historical and documental study aimed to describe and analyze the place that the Human and Social Sciences occupied in the first curriculum of the Anna Nery Nursing School (EEAN) and of the São Paulo Hospital Nursing School (EEHSP), identifying the similarities and differences between them. As a methodology, the curricula of these schools were analyzed by comparing them and seeking, between primary and secondary sources, information of the contribution of Human and Social Sciences in the training of pioneer nurses in modern nursing in Brazil. It was concluded that the humanities subjects occupied a secondary place in the studied curricula in comparison with the technical disciplines and the utilitarian aspect required by this profession at that time.

Este estudio, de carácter histórico y documental, tuvo por objeto describir y analizar el lugar que las Ciencias Humanas y Sociales ocuparan en el primer programa de estudios universitarios en la Escuela de Enfermería Anna Nery (EEAN) y Escuela de Enfermeras del Hospital São Paulo (EEHSP), identificando las semejanzas y diferencias entre ellos. Se analizó los planes de estudio de estas escuelas, comparándolos y buscando, entre las fuentes primarias y secundarias, la contribución de las Ciencias Humanas y Sociales en la formación de enfermeras pioneras de la enfermería moderna en Brasil. Se concluyó que los temas de humanidades, el segundo lugar en el currículo de estudios en comparación con las técnicas y el aspecto utilitario que la profesión requerida en el momento.