ACADEMY-SERVICE-COMMUNITY DIALOG AS AN EDUCATIONAL STRATEGY IN MEDICINE: EXPERIENCE REPORT

Introduction: It is expected a positive impact in medical education with the implementation of the “2014 Diretriz Nacional Curricular de Medicina” due to its focus on developing healthcare, management and educational competences that are based on the best scientific evidence, and that are orientated to people’s need within a family and community context. This project presented first-year medical students’ views of Primary Healthcare (PHC) via analysis of the structure, process, and results of a PHC Unit. Objective: To use situational diagnostic, health planning, and academy-management-service dialogue as a medical educational strategy. Method: Experience report on three cognitive workshops; four technical visits to the Municipal Secretariat and the PHC CAIC Unit; portfolio writing for the discipline ‘Practice in Health Services’ of the “Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto – Brazil”. We have used data triangulation (i.e., participant observer, key-informant interview, and search for secondary and scientific data) for building the diagnostic with the family health team and the Municipal Health manager as to plan an intervention. Results: The dialog between municipal health managers and PHC professionals were strengthened through the development of an intervention in the PHC CAIC Unit. Students evaluated their involvement with PHC as the foundation of their future medical practice. Conclusion: PHC used for medical education may contribute towards bridging the Academy-Service-Community gap, promoting academia inclusion in outskirts communities, and fostering knowledge production since Medical course inception.