This work focused on developing an educational application entitled GravidApp 2.0,
which was designed to be a theoretical-practical support for students of the Obstetric
Nursing (ON) discipline, offered by Magalhães Barata School of Nursing at the University
of the State of Pará (EEMB/UEPA). The theoretical methodological foundation is based
on the concepts and principles of Health Education, teaching practices in Nursing and
the theoretical discipline of Obstetric Nursing, in addition to notions and debates on
active methodologies and Educational Technologies (ET). This study was based on the
development of five main methodological phases adapted from Instructional Design
Model of Falkembach (2005). In the first, diagnosis of the intervention context, data
survey made towards the UEPA context, the Nursing course and the ON discipline. In the
second, the survey and analysis of reference applications, educational applications on
obstetrics were mapped on the Play Store platform. The third phase was to create and
prototype the educational product on the multiplatform Unity and with help and
support of an interdisciplinary team of professor and students of the University Federal
of Pará (UFPA). In the fourth stage, validation of the application content, the participants
were 13 Nursing Specialist Judges (SJ), who evaluated the GravidApp 2.0 through a 30
itens questionnaire that was answered using the Likert Scale that basead the verification
of the Contente Validation Index (CVI). Furthermore, SJ gave recommendations about
the application’s usage and functionalities. In the last phase, the application was
reviewed and finalized to make it available on Play Store. Among the results, the
following stand out: (i) the development of a useful, innovative, creative and easily
accessible application may enhance ON students’ learning. In addition, the application
can be replicated beyond UEPA context; (ii) the educational product proved to be
valuable in terms of its contents, reaching more than 90% of its IVC global percentage,
presenting an excellent evaluation among the SJ; (iii) the contributions were important
to the training and performance of the researchers involved in its development. In this
perspective, GravidApp 2.0 has potential to make direct contributions to the production
of Educational Technology in the area of ON in the Northern Region of Brazil, since it is
an authorial technology that promotes teaching-learning and assistance to the future
Nursing professionals, making them more engaged and qualified.
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