Desenvolvimento de um protótipo de módulo de gestão de estágios curriculares caso de estudo: 3º ano de Medicina

Abstract

The management of curricular internships is a fundamental stage in the practical training of higher education students, especially in the health sciences, where clinical performance and continuous supervision are essential components of the learning process. In the Medicine program at the Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), this stage faces several operational challenges, such as fragmented information, excessive use of manual processes, and the absence of a digital monitoring system. These factors compromise administrative efficiency and the pedagogical quality of internship supervision. To address these limitations, this study aims to develop a prototype of a curricular internship management module designed for the third year of the Medicine program at UEM, conceived to organize and digitalize the academic and supervised monitoring process of students during their practical training. The system was designed to record daily attendance, evaluate students’ weekly performance, manage ward allocations, validate clinical competencies, and generate progress reports, allowing for more structured and transparent control of the activities performed. To achieve this objective, the study employed combined research methods, including documentary analysis of institutional internship regulation, bibliographic review, and interviews with lecturers and supervisors. The system modelling was based on the Unified Modeling Language (UML), through the elaboration of use case, class, and sequence diagrams, which structured the system’s functionalities and the interactions among the different actors involved. The author believes that the proposed solution demonstrates strong potential to improve the organization and traceability of information, reduce human errors, administrative delays and increase transparency in the supervision of curricular internships. Furthermore, the author also believes that the prototype represents a relevant step toward the modernization of academic processes in medical education.