Professional qualification in Physical Education and unified health system

Abstract

The present article is part of a broader discussion on the vocational training of
professionals involved in the Healthcare Field. My aim is to identify the degree of
knowledge hold by students of Physical Education, from a College institution in Santa
Catarina, in regard to their attainment to the Primary Care in Public Health System
(SUS) through specific professional practices in the Support Center for Family Health.
The nature of the present survey is qualitative, and the data was collected by means
of the semi-structured interview. As a result, I observed the complete illiteracy or only
partial knowledge of the functioning of Public Health System, Primary Care, Health
Family Support Systems by the students, hindering, therefore, an understanding of their
professional exercise in this field of activity. My theoretical intervention is the emphatic
observance of the principles, which reign the Public Healthcare, as well as the institutions
which comprise it, as part of the vocational training in under-graduation courses in the
field of Physical Education.