Classroom experiences in a virtual teaching environment in times of Covid-19 pandemic: Reports of experience in urgency and emergency nursing education

Abstract

Objective: to describe some perceptions about the experience of the virtual teaching period and reflect on some of the impacts of the transition from classroom to classroom in a virtual environment in higher education in nursing that occurred during the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus. Method: this is an experience report, with participatory observation about the experiences of teachers of the Bachelor of Nursing course at Escola Superior da Amazônia (ESAMAZ), Belém, State of Pará, about the dynamics developed in the teaching-learning process in Pre-Hospital Urgency discipline, from August to December 2020. Result: In this brief report we present some perceptions of the period of virtual education that occurred during the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus. Not making exclusive use of a chronological order, we recorded facts and situations that led to the actions that guided virtual nursing classes and the impressions of this experience. Conclusion: the situations described here may corroborate with the experiences of other teachers, showing that it is not enough to use digital information and communication technologies in teaching, training, time and strategies are needed for an adequate incorporation of these technologies in nursing education.