Horto de plantas medicinais e sua aplicabilidade no ensino para graduação em farmácia e áreas afins

Abstract

Men seek in nature resources to improve their own living conditions, making us completely dependent on plants, which in turn are present in human life in the most different ways. However, the accelerated deforestation in the region, where there is a natural occurrence of several medicinal species, requires rapid action to rescue, conserve and study these vegetables. In this way, the installation of plant gardens associated with the use of a booklet, can contribute significantly to studies in several areas of knowledge. In this perspective, the present work aims to create a vegetable garden composed of medicinal plants and a booklet about them in the pharmacy course at UFPA, in order to subsidize research, teaching and extension for this and other undergraduate courses. The total of 42 species of plants were considered medicinal for the creation of the vegetable garden. The plants were collected and taken for identification at the IAN herbarium (Embrapa Amazônia Oriental), all materials were photographed and inserted in the vegetable garden. The data generated were used to produce the booklet of medicinal plants. For to assess the vegetable garden, a course on medicinal plants was prepared and organized with undergraduate students and technical level, in which two questionnaires (I and II) were applied, with the purpose of providing information on the knowledge related to the theme before and after the course. For the validation of the booklet, the product was sent to researchers and teachers for evaluation and suggestions. Thus, the medicinal plant garden was created with a total of 42 species, at UFPA, in an area of 40m x 20m. For the validation of this tool, 46 students who participated in the course were interviewed with the presence of six institutions: UFPA, UFRA, IFPA, UNAMA, COSMOPOLITA and ESAMAZ. The courses represented were: Pharmacy (38 students), Forest Engineering (3), Nursing (3) and the Technical Course in Environment (2), the research confirmed the students' interest in a space like the garden, demonstrating some knowledge about medicinal plants and emphasizing the importance of a space for their professional training. Regarding the booklet, 22 professionals (teachers and researchers) in the area, analyzed the material and confirmed that they could use this teaching material (100%) as a resource in conjunction with the vegetable garden in their classes, emphasizing the importance of using materials that escape conventional and talk to the students' reality. In general, all respondents understand the importance of products like these (vegetable garden and booklet) for the enhancement and increase in the teaching of botany, highlighting the importance of a space for the development of the medicinal plants theme and its use linked to didactic material.