FAMILIAR MEDICINE IN SCHOOLS: TEACHING AND ENCOURAGING FUTURE DOCTORS TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND PREVENT DISEASE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY

Introduction and Objectives: The family is the center of attention of family doctor because it has significant importance in the health of its members. In this way, Familiar Medicine in Brazil invests in integrality and longitudinality of care to promote health and prevent disease. In this study, medical students of a university aimed to analyze the living conditions of a family in a poor community in the medical and psychosocial areas such as teaching for understanding the several factors that influence the health-disease process. Method: Case Study with a needy family in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, which was explored their biopsychosocial state from the perspective of a patient-index. In order, to understand its dynamics, the students of a medical school applied tools like genogram, PRACTICE, APGAR and ecomap. Results and Conclusions: Analyzing the family, since the disease process - detecting the most prevalent diseases, such as systemic hypertension and diabetes mellitus - to the familiarity, where the family had affectionate relationship between members of the nuclear family, with except for some occasional conflicts. With regard to the social context, both the Church and the other residents of the community established a relationship of mutual support, solidifying the support network offered to the studied family. Therefore, it was observed that the graduates have understood the importance of the several factors that act in coordination on the health of a patient and their influence on health promotion and disease prevention.