Online teaching-learning strategy on nutritional therapy for undergraduate students in the health area

Multidisciplinary teams on nutritional therapy require knowledge on enteral and parenteral nutrition, without which the care of patients with special dietary needs is compromised. In the Campus Ceilandia of University of Brasilia, one single nutrition course is available to students of Nursing, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Collective Health. The course covers a range of topics, and students consider "nutritional therapy" the most complex of them. To improve their understanding on the subject, two video lectures were created, edited and made available through a virtual learning environment (Moodle), which also served as preparation for the actual classes. This study evaluated the effect of this material on the learning and satisfaction of these students. The videos were produced considering the principles of cognitive theory. The satisfaction scoring scale was available to students via Moodle. Tests to evaluate learning were taken in the classroom. We evaluated the ratio between the number of accesses to the video classes and the students's performance on assessments and the final grade, by Spearman correlation. There was a high degree of student satisfaction with the material. It was also observed that the more students viewed the video classes the higher were the grades in the assessments. The videos were adequate for teaching the proposed content. Further studies are required to assess the cost-effectiveness of this strategy among health professionals working within the SUS (Public Healthcare Service). Key words: Human Resources Formation. Teaching. Video classes. Learning Objects. Instructional Design. Nutrition Therapy.