Digital activities during the pandemic and its repercussions for health education in Brazil

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic caused structural changes in various spheres of Brazil and the world. From the adoption of social isolation, higher education institutions (IES) in the country were forced to suspend practical classes, being adapted for emergency remote teaching. Thinking about the importance of identifying the effects of these remote activities during the pandemic and their repercussions for the 'post-pandemic', the present work aimed to analyze the repercussions of digital activities and technologies on health education during the pandemic. This is a qualitative and exploratory study, appropriating the integrative review method to search for works in the literature that present experiences and critical reflections on the use of digital tools during emergency remote teaching. A search was carried out in the databases SciELO, LILACS and Portal de Periódicos CAPES, which resulted in the final sample of seven articles to compose the review. Most of the experiences presented used video platforms for virtual classes and meetings, virtual learning environments, virtual seminars, lives, digital portfolios and other activities to supply and/or replace face-to-face activities as an emergency. The relevance of several factors that influenced the choice and elaboration of these activities is highlighted, such as the time for planning, socioeconomic conditions of students, differences between private and public education, period of insertion of these tools. With all these data, it became evident that emergency remote teaching in health courses was a multifactorial reality, which could have positive repercussions for the future of health education in universities.