Simulation of a worker health conference – Contributions to the teaching-learning process
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Enfermagem, Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA - Campus Multi-institucional Humberto Teixeira, Iguatu - CE, Brazil
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Medicina, Universidade Estadual do Ceará - UECE / Faculdade de Educação de Crateús - FAEC, Crateús - CE, Brazil
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Medicina, Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA - Campus Pimenta, Crato - CE, Brazil
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Medicina, Universidade Estadual do Ceará - Campus Itaperi, Fortaleza - CE, Brazil
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Enfermagem, Universidade de Pernambuco - UPE, Recife - PE, Brazil
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Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Tocantins - UFT, Palmas - TO, Brazil
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Programa Saúde na Escola, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília - DF, Brazil
Popul. Med. 2026;8(Supplement Supplement 1):A1127
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT:
Context: In 2025, Brazil organized the fifth edition of the Workers' Health Conference, following a step-by-step approach that began in municipalities, progressing through their respective health regions and states to culminate at the national level, with three main themes: National Policy on Workers' Health; New labor relations and workers' health; Popular participation in workers' health for social control1. Considering the importance of the topic, it is opportune that these discussions be considered in health education. The objective was to report the experience of simulating a regional health conference as a learning strategy.
METHODS:
Experience report developed in October 2025 with students of the course 'Nursing in the process of caring for workers' health', from a university in Ceará, Brazil. The class was divided into three large groups, considering the conference's themes, and these groups were instructed to organize themselves into segments of users, professionals, and health providers/managers, as is the case in these settings. The course instructor provided examples of municipal proposals to the groups, so that they could choose the 10 most viable proposals for debate and select three from each theme.
RESULTS:
The students brought relevant reflections, especially pointing out the need to expand the Occupational Health Reference Centers, increase the dissemination of the policy, expand reporting channels with respectful professionals so that workers can report situations of moral and institutional harassment, among others.
CONCLUSIONS:
The proposed conference simulation on the theme provided students with the opportunity to strengthen skills such as knowledge, communication, and teamwork. Furthermore, the strategy also brought them closer to social control, highlighting the importance of delegates understanding their role in choosing proposals that are consistent with reality.
Context: In 2025, Brazil organized the fifth edition of the Workers' Health Conference, following a step-by-step approach that began in municipalities, progressing through their respective health regions and states to culminate at the national level, with three main themes: National Policy on Workers' Health; New labor relations and workers' health; Popular participation in workers' health for social control1. Considering the importance of the topic, it is opportune that these discussions be considered in health education. The objective was to report the experience of simulating a regional health conference as a learning strategy.
METHODS:
Experience report developed in October 2025 with students of the course 'Nursing in the process of caring for workers' health', from a university in Ceará, Brazil. The class was divided into three large groups, considering the conference's themes, and these groups were instructed to organize themselves into segments of users, professionals, and health providers/managers, as is the case in these settings. The course instructor provided examples of municipal proposals to the groups, so that they could choose the 10 most viable proposals for debate and select three from each theme.
RESULTS:
The students brought relevant reflections, especially pointing out the need to expand the Occupational Health Reference Centers, increase the dissemination of the policy, expand reporting channels with respectful professionals so that workers can report situations of moral and institutional harassment, among others.
CONCLUSIONS:
The proposed conference simulation on the theme provided students with the opportunity to strengthen skills such as knowledge, communication, and teamwork. Furthermore, the strategy also brought them closer to social control, highlighting the importance of delegates understanding their role in choosing proposals that are consistent with reality.
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