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FAMILY MEDICINE ACADEMIC LEAGUE: A CREATION REPORT.

ALISSON APARECIDO NUNES 1 ; DANIELA ARAÚJO BARROS 2 ; EDUARDO RICARDO VIEGAS SANTOS 3 ; FLÁVIA RIBEIRO SEVERINO MUNIZ 2 ; HÉLIO MÁRCIO GONÇALVES DA SILVA 2 ; JONATHAN ALLY DE ARRUDA E SILVA 1 ; KAROLINE APARECIDA JANONES 2 ; LUCAS RAFAEL GALDEANO ANDRIOLO 2 ; MARIA THAIS MIKUNI MENDONÇA 1 ; MARTA CAROLINA MARQUES SOUSA 2 ; PAOLA PATRICIA KNIPPELBERG ESCOBAR 2 ; SOFIA ADELIA BERNANDO DA SILVA 2 ; WEIKMAM ALVES MENDES 1 ; YANKA PEREIRA ROCHA 2
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Introduction and goal: Academic Leagues among medical students has been spreading all over Brazil. Students of UFMT Medical School, in partnership with the Student Union, elaborated in 2012 the constitution of the first Family Medicine Academic League (LASF). The goal is to carry out projects in research, extension, and education in fields related to Family Medicine and Community, as well as understand the importance of primary care in a health system its main pathologies, Family Medicine strategy, and primary care physician‘s role. Methodology: Our methodology applied is designed to teach and humanize students about the basis of Family Medicine through lectures, which the main subject is Primary Care, taught by visiting professors or an associate student. We also work on research and extension partnerships in Primary Care facilities in Cuiabá. Results and conclusions: LASF for sure has its social and academic relevance, established goals, and also cooperation through SUS (Brazilian Public Health System) and medical education. According to this perspective, LASF contributes to its associate‘s medical education.