MEDICINE STUDENTS EXPERIENCE ON DEVELOPING A SINGULAR THERAPEUTIC PROJECT IN THE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Singular Therapeutic Project (STP) is a set of goals articulated and agreed between multiprofessional team and the targeted subject or family. It differs from a traditional approach because it treats the pacient singularly. Therefore, we aim to show how STP can be used as a new tool in the patient care, besides encouraging multiprofessional team work and contributing for a distinguished medical formation. METHODOLOGY: This is an experience report of the implementation of STP in a family follow-up from the Basic Health Unit (BHU) Cônego Monte in Santa Cruz-RN during the module “Vivência II” of the Multicampi School of Medical Sciences of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The use of STP has shown itself a useful tool on the mobilization of the family health team and other areas of the Health Care Network (HCN) seeking the benefit of the related family, allowing the students to approach biological, cultural, social, economic, and psychological aspects enabling, overall, the introduction of a new therapeutic resource in the Family Health Strategy regarding the approach of cases considered the most difficult by the team. This kind of therapeutic project, although not commonly used at the BHU, it revealed to be of great value in the more complex cases, once it promoted the participation a multiprofessional team from HCN and with high problem-solving rates. In addition, it allowed the students to have a more holistic view regarding the different dimensions which are part of the individual.