Abstract Introduction Factors of intrauterine growth restriction have been responsible for the births of full-term babies small for their gestational age (SCA). Scientific evidence points that this restriction can cause changes in the neural maturation process. Objectives To analyze the absolute latencies and interpeak intervals of brainstem auditory evoked potential waves in full-term and SCA children to investigate whether there are changes of neural maturation in this population. Data Synthesis The search for articles that reported the assessment of brainstem auditory evoked potential in SCA newborns compared with a control, appropriate for their gestational age, both born full-term, for the entire period available in the database research until October31, 2021 was performed based on the MEDLINE/PubMed Central and on the Latin America and the Caribbean Health Sciences Literature and Virtual Health Library electronic databases. A total of 311 studies were found in the database research. Out of this total, 10 studies were included in the review, 5 of which were eligible for the meta-analysis, involving a total of 473 participants of both genders, with 193 participants belonging to the study group and 280 to the control group. Differences between the groups were only observed in the absolute latency of wave V (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.02-0.15; p<0.01). Conclusion The SCA condition is responsible for the appearance of brainstem neural conduction dysfunction measured by the brainstem auditory evoked potentials, probably by the maturation process of the auditory pathway of this population.

Faced with the pandemic caused by the new Coronavirus, the world is building emergency actions to meet the most varied demands. Social detachment closed universities and started to demand a new educational model, based on a greater use of technology to continue with the contents scheduled for the current semester. However, the difficulty in accessing technology, which is still present in a large part of our society, is one of the points that strongly contributes to the removal of students from the training process and contributes to the distance observed between the decisions and emergency actions adopted by universities public and private. The training of future health professionals is even more challenging in this context, since distance education is insufficient to achieve the skills required to care for human beings in all their complexity.

Diante da pandemia causada pelo novo Coronavírus, o mundo está construindo ações emergenciais para atender as mais variadas demandas. O distanciamento social fechou as universidades e passou a exigir um novo modelo educacional, a partir de uma maior utilização da tecnologia para seguir com os conteúdos programados para o semestre em curso. No entanto, a dificuldade de acesso à tecnologia, ainda presente em grande parte da nossa sociedade, é um dos pontos que contribui fortemente para o afastamento dos discentes do processo de formação e contribui para o afastamento observado entre as decisões e ações emergenciais adotadas pelas universidades públicas e pelas privadas. A formação de futuros profissionais de saúde é ainda mais desafiadora neste contexto, visto que a educação à distância se apresenta como insuficiente para alcançar as habilidades exigidas ao ofício de cuidar de seres humanos em toda a sua complexidade.