Obstáculos epistemológicos para a inclusão de disciplinas matemáticas nos currículos de medicina

Abstract

This work aims the identification, analysis and discussion about the epistemological obstacles presented when it is questioned the resistance for inclusion, in the curriculum, in the medical courses of mathematical subjects as Biomathematics, Bioinformatics. Simulation, Mathematical Models and Optimization. Based on mixed criterions of antiquity, tradition, conservativeness , positive evaluation from official agencies, press information, opinions of medicine educators and texts from consecrated books of history of medicine, was studied the programs of six faculties of medicine of Brazil and sixteen faculties og medicine of some developed countries, being verified tha Biostatistics is accepted for all this faculties. The epistemological obstacles are from historic origin or proceeding for old and wrong knowledge, curriculum structures, educators, concerned to profile of future physicians, traditionalism, conservativeness, corporative spirit, ideology and relations of power. It was adopted, as base for orientation, the studies of Brousseau, founded on Bachelard, about the epistemological obstacles. It is give a proposal about the medicine curriculum, including Biomathematics in the first year and Mathematical Models, together Biostatistics in the second year in the courses of medicine