| Congresso Brasileiro de Microbiologia 2023 | Resumo: 223-2 | ||||
Resumo:The use of technology and active teaching methodologies has experienced an exponential growth during the Covid-19 pandemic. This new way of building knowledge has been a challenge for teachers, students and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The Centro Universitário do Sul de Minas - UNIS/MG, located in the city of Varginha/MG, had to adapt to these changes and use new teaching tools. The basic cycle subjects of health courses were unified to optimize the application of remote classes. Basic Microbiology classes were taught together for Biomedicine, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Veterinary Medicine, and Nutrition courses. To create a connection between different courses, the "Adopt a Bacteria" methodology was employed, which was divided into three stages: initially, student groups chose their bacteria from the genera Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Clostridium, and the Enterobacteriaceae family, and answered a questionnaire (Q1) describing their prior knowledge about the adopted bacteria. In the second stage, which consisted of the teaching-learning process of the themes addressed during the developed methodology, groups made weekly posts on Google Sites; and finally, students evaluated the project and reported what they learned about the chosen bacteria through questionnaires (Q2 and Q3). The responses of students from different health courses to the two questionnaires were compared regarding the richness of discourse, through the application of the Shannon Diversity Index, in addition to an evaluation of students' perception of the applied methodology. The results showed that the "Adopt a Bacteria" methodology proved to be effective in providing students with a conceptual basis of microbiology and an increase in the richness of discourse. Notably, even with the integration of students from different health courses, it was possible to observe the gain of specific microbiology knowledge pertinent to each profession. Thus, it is concluded that the methodology was successful in sharing knowledge in microbiology in a scenario of integration of related health areas. These points, consolidated by the pandemic, can be applied in the post-pandemic era. Palavras-chave: Active Learning, e-learning, Health-related courses, Higher Education , Social Media Agência de fomento:Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq). | |||||