Traditional Amazonian Medicine in the initial training of nurses at a public university in the Lower Amazon region
Amazonian Traditional Medicine, Higher Education, Nursing, Interculturality, Environmental Sciences
Traditional Amazonian Medicine is understood as a body of knowledge and practices employed by the populations residing in the Amazon to prevent, treat, and heal physical, mental, and spiritual ailments. This study aims to analyze the integration of traditional Amazonian medicine into the initial training of nurses to offer more humanized, integrative, and sustainable care. The study involves bibliographical research, documentary research, and empirical research. The locus of this study will be the State University of Pará, Campus XII - Santarém. The participants will include teachers, students, and graduates of the undergraduate nursing program. Data collection instruments will include interviews with teachers and course coordinators, online questionnaires with students and graduates, and analysis of institutional documents such as the Institutional Development Plan and the Pedagogical Political Project. Textual Discourse Analysis will be used to process the data. It is hoped that this study will yield academic, scientific, and technological results that will enhance nursing education.