Experiences and teaching challenges in the training of speech therapists in different practice scenarios

Abstract

The present study is part of the discussions about the training of speech therapists through the insertion of students in different scenarios of professional practice. It aimed to explain how teachers communicate, build agreements and take on responsibilities with the different spaces of insertion of its students in the health network and with the teaching process. This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach. The investigative itinerary was based on the realization of semi-structured interviews with the undergraduate course teachers inserted in the municipality's health network. The obtained answers, when confronted with the work itineraries, revealed that the course has weaknesses in its curricular structure and that the teacher, when conquering each field of practice, agrees mutual responsibilities with the students, the different services and with its own work process, for learning daily from the experiences, difficulties and challenges faced in the learning scenarios.