THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL AND THE INTERVENTION IN MULTI-PROFESSIONAL TEAMS

Abstract

Taking into consideration that, together with multi-professional teams, intervention consists of several types of specialized knowledge to solve a specific problem, our purposes were: (a) to verify which the multi-professional team’s view is considering the Physical Education professional’s specific contribution; (b) to identify how the Physical Education professionals self-evaluate, together with the achievement, a multi-professional work; and (c) to verify the team members’ understanding on necessary aspects to subsidize their intervention. Eight professionals participated in the study which used the semi-structured interview and the content analysis with categories established a priori. In the researched context the professional interactions were conflicting and contestant, with subordination to the dominant area (Medicine) as well as hierarchization of secondary jobs in the health sector.