Abstract

ALMEIDA, Fabiane de Amorim  and  LOURO, Caroline Ribeiro. The influence of clown art on the academic training of health professionals. NTQR [online]. 2021, vol.8, pp.469-477.  Epub Dec 22, 2021. ISSN 2184-7770.  https://doi.org/10.36367/ntqr.8.2021.469-477.

Introduction: Health professionals are in constant contact with people and the way they relate to them is outlined from their academic background. Teaching based on the principles of humanization and empathy can significantly influence the interpersonal relationships built by the student in the future. For some educational institutions, the use of clown language is a way to provide health students with the development of socio-emotional skills, often underestimated in traditional health education. Objective: To understand the meaning of the experience of health professionals when participating in an extension project on the art of the clown while graduating. Methods: Descriptive study, with a qualitative approach, carried out with 19 health professionals who participated in the extension project called “Nose on Duty” during graduation. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews recorded on video, being analyzed from the Qualitative Content Analysis, using Symbolic Interactionism as a theoretical framework. Results: When reporting the experience of the clown's art, the participants expressed the positive, transformative and self-therapeutic impact of the project, during graduation, including the development of socio-emotional skills in their academic lives. Conclusion: The art of the clown proved to be a powerful transformational and educational tool, helping to train more empathetic and humanized health professionals. Qualitative research, given its nature, made it possible to explore this reality in its different nuances.

Keywords : Higher Education; Health Personnel; Laughter Therapy; Play and Plaything; Humanization of Assistance..

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