Educação médica e avaliação: a percepção do professor de um curso de medicina a respeito da aplicação do portfólio como instrumento de avaliação

In health, the use of potfolio is recent, it’s potential starting to be explored on higher education institutions as a innovation on the medical formation. However, there are still resistances to the use of the instrument. Objective: The objective of identifying the professor’s perception regarding the portfolio as an instrument of formative evaluation, searching to relate the knowledge of the teachers regarding this evaluation tool and efficiency that they credit to its use. Methods: The data was collected through semi-structured interviews with the thirteen medical educators of a higher education institution in Belém, who acted at medical education for at least three years and used the portfolio as a formative evaluation instrument for their students. The interview’s protocol was divided in: subject’s characterization (Age, gender, formation time, postgraduate studies and teaching time) and the interview itself, in which the professor answered what variables were identified as difficulties and the perception regarding the application of portfolios for evaluation. Results: The results show the importance of the Portfolio evaluation in the teaching-learning process on medical education, considering that all the subjects involved in the research were unanimous saying that the evaluation is essential and considered necessary to achieve results. Conclusion: Therefore, it can be concluded that the potentiality of the Portfolio is the evaluation of the student’s evolution during the whole process of learning, allowing reflection to the professor as well as to the student, bringing immense fruits to the Medical Education.