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When dreams meet the need ro resist in the face of reality: An analysis of the university experience of students in the Health Sciences

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  • Thais Demartini Universidade do Vale do Itajaí image/svg+xml https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3887-3564
    • Conceptualization
    • Formal Analysis
    • Writing – Original Draft Preparation
  • Manuela Gonçalves de Pádua Portero Universidade do Vale do Itajaí image/svg+xml
    • Formal Analysis
    • Writing – Original Draft Preparation
    • Supervision
  • Gabriella de Almeida Raschke Medeiros Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina image/svg+xml
    • Data Curation
    • Formal Analysis
    • Supervision
    • Writing – Review & Editing
  • Rita de Cássia Gabrielli Souza Lima Universidade do Vale do Itajaí image/svg+xml
    • Conceptualization
    • Formal Analysis
    • Methodology
    • Supervision
    • Validation
    • Writing – Review & Editing

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.15115

Keywords:

University, Needs, Social relations, Qualitative research

Abstract

The article portrays the university experience as an act of resistance, a battlefield in which dreams and necessity clash daily. A product of qualitative research and dialectical analysis, developed in a community higher education institution, it used questionnaires and focus groups to give shape and voice to the trajectories of Health Sciences students who juggle work and study. Beyond individual testimonies, the stories collected present themselves as mirrors of a system that perpetuates inequalities. Learning takes place in the intervals between overlapping needs, in the minutes snatched from a journey that never ends. Resistance consists of transforming the university space, subverting its logic and becoming a present body.

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Posted

02/19/2026

How to Cite

When dreams meet the need ro resist in the face of reality: An analysis of the university experience of students in the Health Sciences. (2026). In SciELO Preprints. https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.15115

Section

Health Sciences

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  • The research data is available on demand, condition justified in the manuscript