Monitoring program in developmental biology and embryology for the medicine course at escola paulista de medicina/ Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Abstract

The Discipline of Developmental Biology and Embryology is part of the UC Bases Morfológica da Medicina, taught to students enrolled in the 1st year of the medical course at Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM) of the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP). The process of transition from face-to-face teaching to emergency remote teaching, in the context of the need for social distancing due to the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, involved restructuring methodological approaches to teaching and assessment, through the use of digital technologies of information and communication. Thus, given the limitation in the use of the Microscopy Laboratory, the contents were adapted from the inclusion of new tools and the preparation of complementary materials, to direct the theoretical-practical study. Likewise, monitoring activities were also readjusted and included: planning and reformulation of didactic material and practical class scripts, assistance to teachers in practical activities of the Subject, taught remotely, in addition, to support for students in resolving doubts. Such monitoring activities were added by the development of didactic virtual games, which can be used both in the remote teaching scenario, as well as in complementing the face-to-face practical study. In this perspective, didactic games were elaborated and produced, in different formats, using institutional or free platforms and photomicrographs obtained from a specific slide, addressing contents related to Developmental Biology and Embryology. The performance of the monitors enabled the continuous improvement of the Discipline, the implementation of technological didactic resources and active learning methodologies in the virtual environment, promoted academic cooperation and the approximation between students and professors, as well as contributed to the deepening of practical and theoretical knowledge in Developmental Biology and Embryology, provided the experience in the teaching process and enabled the development of interpersonal relationships and organization to carry out the various academic activities.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56238/colleinternhealthscienv1-064