Strategic planning as a management tool for the discipline of pediatrics 1 at Federal University of Minas Gerais – Brazil
Creators: name: Clésio Gontijo Do Amaral
name: Costa, Brenda Vitoria Silva Sales
name: Isadora Luiza Silva
name: Da Silva, Leticia Chaves Victor
name: Kathuryn Conde Covassini
name: Pinheiro, Maria Clara Mantoan
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2023

description: BACKGROUND<br> The Pediatrics department of the Faculty of Medicine of the Federal University of Minas Gerais - Brazil offers undergraduate students the disciplines of Pediatrics I to V. Pediatric I is a very important discipline to provide the foundation for the students and direct them to a good formation in child care. Thus, organization, planning and management are fundamental for student´s improvement. In this sense, strategic planning is an important management tool that can be used to systematize, formalizing processes and procedures, using quality indicators, offering a vision of the future and indicating a direction to follow to achieve continuous improvement in the quality of teaching.<br> <br> SUMMARY OF WORK<br> Teaching, research and extension project. To carry out this study, the action research method was used, empirical research where the qualitative approach was used. The inductive method was also used, which, based on particular data or observations, led to general propositions. First there was a moment of investigation, then the thematization and to finalize the programming/action of the intervention project. Initially, a survey or diagnosis of the situation was carried out in the exploratory phase, going through the definition of the research theme, posing the problems, bibliographical review, hypotheses, data collection, research report, action plan and finally the dissemination of the results with follow-up, evaluation and control of the implementation of the intervention project with PDCA method.<br> <br> SUMMARY OF RESULTS<br> Initially, the definition of the mission, vision and values, analysis of the external and internal environment, identification of the critical success factors, construction of the SWOT Matrix, implementation of the BSC (Balanced Scorecard) were elaborated and ending with the construction of an action plan with indicators quality standards for monitoring actions.<br> <br> DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION<br> This intervention project showed that it is possible an strategic alignment with the objectives and goals of the Faculty of Medicine, with the Institutional Development Plan and the Institutional Pedagogical Plan of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, seeking generation, development, transmission and application of knowledge through teaching, research and extension, and thus be able to contribute to the continuous improvement of the quality of teaching for students in the discipline of Pediatrics 1.<br> <br> <br> <b>REFERENCES</b><br> ANSOFF, H.I.; McDONNELL, E.J. Implementing Strategic Management. Prentice- Hall, 1984.<br> DENT, J.A. &amp; HARDEN, R.M. A Practical Guide for Medical Teachers. London: Churchill-Livingstone, 2005.<br> FNQ, 2016. FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DA QUALIDADE. Excelência em Gestão,<br> Disponível em: http://www.fnq.org.br/ Acesso: 09 fev. 2018.<br> <br> KAPLAN, R. S.; NORTON, D. P. The Balanced Scorecard – Measures that drive performance. Harvard Business School Press, 1992.<br> <br> PORTER, M. E. What is Strategy? Harvard Business Review, v.74, n.6, p.61-78, 1996.<br> <br> UFMG, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, eBook Comemorativo - 25 Encontro do Departamento de Pediatria 2015. Belo Horizonte: UFMG, 2015. https://site.medicina.ufmg.br/ped/wpcontent/uploads/sites/30/2018/03/25%C2%BA-Encontro-de-Pediatria.pdf<br> <br> UFMG, 2019. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Plano de Desenvolvimento Institucional 2018-2023. Belo Horizonte: UFMG, 2019. https://www.ufmg.br/pdi/2018-2023/versao-final/ Acesso em: 25 ago. 2019.