PATRICIA LACERDA BELLODI
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FMUSP, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- What do medical students think about their quality of life? A qualitative study(2012) TEMPSKI, Patricia; BELLODI, Patricia L.; PARO, Helena B. M. S.; ENNS, Sylvia C.; MARTINS, Milton A.; SCHRAIBER, Lilia B.Background: Medical education can affect medical students' physical and mental health as well as their quality of life. The aim of this study was to assess medical students' perceptions of their quality of life and its relationship with medical education. Methods: First-to sixth-year students from six Brazilian medical schools were interviewed using focus groups to explore what medical student's lives are like, factors related to increases and decreases of their quality of life during medical school, and how they deal with the difficulties in their training. Results: Students reported a variety of difficulties and crises during medical school. Factors that were reported to decrease their quality of life included competition, unprepared teachers, excessive activities, and medical school schedules that demanded exclusive dedication. Contact with pain, death and suffering and harsh social realities influence their quality of life, as well as frustrations with the program and insecurity regarding their professional future. The scarcity of time for studying, leisure activities, relationships, and rest was considered the main factor of influence. Among factors that increase quality of life are good teachers, classes with good didactic approaches, active learning methodologies, contact with patients, and efficient time management. Students also reported that meaningful relationships with family members, friends, or teachers increase their quality of life. Conclusion: Quality of teachers, curricula, healthy lifestyles related to eating habits, sleep, and physical activity modify medical students' quality of life. Lack of time due to medical school obligations was a major impact factor. Students affirm their quality of life is influenced by their medical school experiences, but they also reframe their difficulties, herein represented by their poor quality of life, understood as necessary and inherent to the process of becoming doctors.
- Ser mentor em medicina: uma visão arquetípica das motivações e transformações na jornada(2012) GONÇALVES, Marina de Castro Nascimento; BELLODI, Patrícia LacerdaMentoring has been adopted in medical schools as a strategy to support and stimulate the professional development of medical students. However, the literature has seldom focused on the mentor, a crucial element of this archetypal relationship. The purpose of this paper was to understand the motivations of a group of mentors and to identify possible changes that take place over time. It is a qualitative study wherein 14 mentors involved in a Mentoring Program of a Medical School were interviewed. Mentors reveal the desire to recover the old, meaningful and close master-apprentice relationship. Symbolically, they seek to stay in touch and take care of their ""internal wounded student"". Along the journey, mentors may - but not necessarily will - transform and be transformed by others.
- Mentors also need support: a study on their difficulties and resources in medical schools(2012) GONCALVES, Marina de Castro Nascimento; BELLODI, Patricia LacerdaCONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Mentors have been recognized as important elements in the personal and professional development of medical students. However, few investigations have sought to understand their development, needs and difficulties. Our objective was to investigate the perceptions of a group of mentors regarding difficulties experienced over time and the resources used to face up to them. DESIGN AND SETTING: Qualitative exploratory study on mentors at Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo (FMUSP). In the FMUSP Mentoring Program, mentors follow and guide students throughout the course, and are responsible for heterogeneous group of students, in relation to the academic year. METHOD: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 FMUSP mentors. RESULTS: For many of the mentors, the difficulties related to initial doubts about the role, frustration with the students' attendance and overloading of daily tasks. To address such difficulties, these mentors used external resources and their own life experience and personal way of dealing with situations. Some mentors did not perceive difficulties for themselves or for students. CONCLUSIONS: Like in other mentoring programs, many difficulties perceived by mentors seem to be derived from the context of medical education itself. However, unlike in other experiences, FMUSP mentors do not feel that there is lack of support for their role, since this is regularly provided in the structure and dynamics of the program. The ""difficulty in perceiving difficulties"", presented by some mentors, demands further investigation for better and greater understanding.
- Medical students with performance difficulties need wide support: Initial results of an academic tutoring program(2021) BELLODI, Patricia Lacerda; DOIHNIKOFF, MarisaBACKGROUND: Even students with previous academic success may face challenges that affect their academic performance. Many medical schools offer programs to students at the risk of academic failure, to ensure that they succeed in the course. OBJECTIVE AND METHODS: In this report we describe a pioneering academic tutoring program developed at a Brazilian medical school and discuss the initial results of the program based on the feedback from tutors and data regarding the progression of students in the medical course. RESULTS: In 2018, 33 students enrolled into the program. Students' performance difficulties were mainly associated with mental health problems and socioeconomic vulnerability. Of the 33 students, 27 (81.8%) were assisted by the Mental Health Support Service and 16 (48.5%) were assisted by the Social Assistance Service. In addition to the planning academic activity class load, tutors were able to assist students in solving socioeconomic issues, carrying out personal support interventions with the promotion of self-esteem, and presenting suggestions for behavioral changes in their routine. For most students (72%), the action plan proposed by the tutors was successful. Eight of the 14 (57%) students in the fourth year progressed to the final two years of in-hospital practical training (internship). CONCLUSIONS: The Academic Tutoring Program showed positive results for most of the students. Close monitoring and tutor intervention allowed students with poor academic performance to overcome the low performance cycle. These important tasks demand time and energy from tutors, and institutional recognition of these professionals is essential for the successful maintenance of the program.
- Profissionais da Estratégia Saúde da Família diante de Demandas Médico-Sociais: dificuldades e estratégias de enfrentamento(2012) KANNO, Natalia de Paula; BELLODI, Patricia Lacerda; TESS, Beatriz HelenaProfessionals of Family Health Strategy (FHS) work in communities where there are complex medical social problems. These contexts may lead them to psychological suffering, jeopardizing their care for the users, and creating yet another obstacle to the consolidation of FHS as the primary health care model in Brazil. The study investigated the difficulties and coping strategies reported by health professionals of the FHS teams when they face medical social needs of the communities where they work. Focus groups and semi-structured interviews were carried out with 68 professionals of three primary care units in the city of Sao Paulo (Southeastern Brazil). Drug dealing and abuse, alcoholism, depression and domestic violence are the most relevant problems mentioned by the study group. Professionals reported lack of adequate training, work overload, poor working conditions with feelings of professional impotence and frustration. To overcome these difficulties, professionals reported collective strategies, particularly experience sharing during team meetings and matrix support groups. The results indicate that the difficulties may put the professionals in a vulnerable state, similar to the patients they care for. The promotion of specialized and long term support should be reinforced, as well as the interaction with the local network of services and communities leaders. That may help professionals to deal with occupational stress related to medical and social needs present in their routine work; in the end, it may as well contribute to the strengthening of FHS.
- Mentoring: uma vivência de humanização e desenvolvimento no curso médico(2016) MARTINS, Ana da Fonseca; BELLODI, Patrícia LacerdaThrough a close relationship with the students, mentoring programs offer personal support and an environment for professional development. The objective was to understand the lived experience of medical students of Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, in the Mentoring Program. A documentary research was performed with phenomenological analysis of the students’ reports at the end of the Mentoring Program. The elements of the experience in the reports present three thematic groups: 1 The context of Mentoring, 2 The experience of Mentoring, 3 The experience’s evaluation. The Mentoring relationship contributed both in facing the vicissitudes of training and in the exercise of skills such as listening, acceptance and communication, fundamental skills contributing to the good performance of the medical professionals in their daily life. The experience of mentoring students showed intersections between the support for students and the demands of training in humanistic areas in medical education.
- Ressignificando a Relação entre Calouros e Veteranos: Mentoria de Pares na Visão de Alunos Mentores(2020) SOUZA, Marina Guitti de; REATO, Lígia de Fátima Nóbrega; BELLODI, Patrícia LacerdaAbstract: Introduction: Peer mentoring has been recognized as one of the support interventions to face one of the most stressful moments for students - the transition to higher education. This study brings the experience of the first year of activity of a peer mentoring program carried out at a Brazilian medical school. This study aimed to describe the process of peer mentoring with freshmen on the medical course and present the reasons for satisfaction and challenges encountered along the way, as well as suggestions for improving the activity. Method: Qualitative analysis of feedback submitted over the year by seniors, in the role of mentors. The statements were summarized using the Discourse of the Collective Subject method. Results: The mentors performed actions of academic support, personal support and were also hosts of the academic environment. It proved difficult to hold face-to-face meetings, so they were complemented by virtual meetings. Finding a common schedule and maintaining the frequency of meetings were the main challenges. Lack of interest from some freshmen and drying up of demands in the second half of the year generated frustration. On the other hand, the mentors observed the growth of freshmen and their own personal development, expressing feelings of gratitude and satisfaction with the affective bonds created. For the next experiences, the mentors suggested an earlier start for the program, fewer freshmen per group and greater monitoring of the activities by the coordination. Express requests have been made for mentoring to continue in the future. Conclusions: Peer mentoring is a broad activity in the academic, personal and social fields. Freshmen are helped to deal with the uncertainties of starting the course in a safe space where anxieties can be shared. The mentoring relationship is mutually beneficial, and the senior also develops throughout the process. There were difficulties in holding the meetings and improvements are needed in order to engage more with the activity and expand its benefits.
article 21 Citação(ões) na Scopus Well-being and help-seeking: an exploratory study among final-year medical students(2011) LEAO, Paula Bertozzi de Oliveira E Sousa; MARTINS, Luiz Antonio Nogueira; MENEZES, Paulo Rossi; BELLODI, Patricia LacerdaObjective: Doubts, competitiveness and preparation for the residency examination increase stress and insecurity at the end of medical course. Well-being is very important at this point, but it is known that medical students are reluctant to seek help, particularly for emotional problems. This study investigated the relationship among well-being, perceived needs and help-seeking in final-year students. Methods: Well-being was assessed using Beck's Inventories of Anxiety (BAT) and Depression (BDI) and the WHOQOL-brief (quality of life). A questionnaire was used to assess perceived needs and medical school support resources. Results: The students reported good quality of life (68%) but presented anxiety (27%), depression (20%) and impaired social functioning. Fifty-one percent of the students acknowledged academic needs and 25% psychological needs. Only a portion of the students with anxiety and depression or bad quality of life used the institutional support. Female gender, perceived psychological needs and anxiety symptoms were associated to the use of the Mental Health Service. Satisfaction with mentoring relationships and positive changes were associated to Mentoring attendance. Conclusion: There are different factors involved in help-seeking and identifying specificities in the use of institutional support resources can help to develop strategies to sensitize students about help-seeking during the medical course.- Professional transitions in medicine - switching medical specialties(2021) GOSLING, Flavio Jose; BELLODI, Patricia LacerdaProfessional transitions in Medicine are particularly difficult for physicians due to the costs and duration of medical education. This study sought to understand the experiences of physicians who have changed specialties, analyzing motivations and meanings underlying such transition. This is a qualitative study conducted with data collected by interviews with physicians that switched specialties. Our results indicate that excessive workload and lifestyle were the main motivations for change. Regardless of criticism, the physicians interviewed showed great satisfaction with the transition. Switching the medical specialty seems to be a positive individual strategy to deal with dissatisfaction. However, in doing so, one should evaluate the lack of meaning for both the individual and medical practices.
- Pelo buraco da fechadura - estudo etnográfico de um grupo de mentoria na escola médica(2021) SPINA, Fabiana Verardino; BELLODI, Patrícia LacerdaAbstract: Introduction: Mentoring programs have been recognized for their benefits and are being implemented in many medical schools. However, few studies have focused on understanding the mentoring relationship itself. How do mentoring relationships develop in real-time in a medical school? Objective: The purpose of this study was to observe the interactions between a mentor and her students from different academic years in their natural environment. Method: Using a qualitative ethnographic methodology, a mentoring group’s meetings were followed through participant observation for a year. At the end of the observation period, a focus group was carried out to validate field notes. Thematic analysis guided the data organization and interpretation. Results: It was not easy for a mentoring group with students from different undergraduate years to meet regularly and with enough time. The mentor was always challenged to establish connections through different themes and experiences to make sense of the whole group’s experience. On the other hand, the group’s diversity allowed for exciting and rich discussions about the course, the participants’ personal lives, and future. Senior students played an essential role in the group dynamics, sharing their experiences and motivating early-year students. Conclusions: Conducting a mentoring group in a medical school is challenging task. Mentors need to be motivated, have certain personal characteristics, and receive support for this role. Heterogeneous groups with students from different academic years enhance the exchange of experiences and support among the members, relieving anxieties in their medical training. However, the medical course structure and dynamics harm group functioning, hinder student involvement and, therefore, access to the positive effects of mentoring.