title: Tele-education and competencies assessment to Brazilian's auxiliary nurse.
abstract: This paper presents Brazilian's experience with the organization of methods and strategies for the assessment of competencies for technical level of nursing workers. The evaluative process proposed includes the creation of a learning-oriented and distance-based virtual assessment environment. The proposed methodology for professional competencies assessment adopted a critical-emancipatory perspective. A tele-education environment was deployed, involving software development--a virtual man--and an assessment cybertutor. Learning modules for the cybertutor were developed and videos of clinical simulations, structured around assessment in cognitive, behavioral, and simulation areas. The evaluation modules considered aspects of competencies in know-know, know-how and know-act professional ethics. Also the variability of practices of nursing--hospitals and primary health care units--was considered. This instrument showed as an important strategy for the optimization of assessment procedures that are widely used across Brazil and it is a powerful tool for incorporation into the continuing professional education.
authors.affiliation: Brazilian Ministry of Health, Brasília, DF, Brasil. cmmarques@usp.br
authors.forename: Claudia Maria da Silva
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.forename: Emiko Yoshikawa
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Egry
authors.forename: Maria Bonifácio
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Maria Cecília
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Marta Pazos Peralba
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.forename: Rosa Maria Godoy Serpa
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: da Fonseca
authors.forename: Teresa Christina Pereira
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Morais
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000193:education*