Systematization of Experience at Capacity Development in Health Policies and Systems Research for Undergraduate Nursing

Abstract

Introduction: The systematization of the experience of capacity development in nursing students to carry out research on policies and systems allows reflecting on and critically interpreting the practice to extract learning and share it.

Objective: To systematize the experience of the development of capacities for research in health policies and systems for nursing students.

Methods: The experience carried out from September 2017 to July 2019 was systematized. The participating group was made up of 52 undergraduate students: 38 from technical training and 14 were undergraduate. The subjects for systematization were the members of the research team. A five-step methodology was applied: The starting point, the initial questions, and the recovery of the lived process, the in-depth reflection and the arrival points.

Results: During the systematization, successes were identified, such as the application of a validated methodology, obstacles related to the limited number of trainers familiar with this type of study and difficulties established in the different levels of capacities reached between technical training and graduates. The lessons learned provided practical learning and statements that will require future study.

Conclusions: The systematization of the experience allowed the research team to identify improvement gaps for future proposals, among them the need to develop capacities in trainers and to identify forms of encouragement for nursing technician students. The socialization of the experience can contribute to other researchers interested in developing capacities in nursing students.