Ortíz Escobar, Claudia PatriciaLondoño Ardila, Luis FelipeRestrepo Vásquez, Claudia InésMaya Saldarriaga, María Mercedes2021-04-142021-04-142020Revista Lasallista de Investigación–Vol. 17 No 2–20201794-4449http://hdl.handle.net/10567/3009This article describes the senses associated with plays and toys, by professionals from different areas of health in the hospital environment. Objective: analyze the senses associated with plays and toys, by professionals from different areas of health in the hospital environment. Materials and methods: from a qualitative design and under the case study method, the semi-structured interview is used as a data construction technique to expose the results of the senses category from two nuclei of theoretical significance: autobiographical subjective sense and clinical sense. Results: the findings reveal the way in which the subjective autobiographical sense of these professionals permeated the professional practice and some clinical senses are described in relation to the way in which play and toy allow these professionals to formulate hypotheses about subjective, affective, relational and communicative aspects in which a diagnostic, therapeutic or educational exercise is supported. Conclusions: these senses are oriented from two pillars: the infancy of these professionals as a starting point to build ties with the patient, since there is a strong connection between the subjectivity itself to dynamize, in particular, the therapeutic relationship with children in the hospital and, the second, the professional practice as an experience from which a sense for the play and the toy is configuredesAcceso abiertoCorporación Universitaria LasallistaJuegos - Aspectos psicológicosJuguetesHospitalización infantilinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAcces