Vocational health schools (ETSUS) in Brazil: regulation of the integration of teaching-service-administrative sustainability of ETSUS

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Abstract

The scope of this study was to discuss the administrative sustainability of Brazil’s Vo- cational Health Schools (ETSUS) based on the principle of teaching and service integration, which brings a new dimension to healthcare work as yet unregulated by Brazilian public adminis- tration. It was a qualitative study using case study methodology. The research involved a semi-struc- tured questionnaire given to ETSUS managers addressing institutional, administrative, and work management aspects. The sample was composed of 6 ETSUS that belong to the Network of Vocational Health Schools (RET-SUS). The ETSUS showed centralized planning and management, and decentralized implementation of their core activities. The majority did not have administrative autonomy and relied heavily on funding from the federal government. According to ETSUS managers, the lack of regulation of teaching activities by civil servants weakens the manage ment of ETSUS. The ETSUS have managerial problems related to teaching-service integration, which has to be regulated in order to guarantee the sustainability of these schools and avoid conflicts with Brazilian legislation.

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