THE PORTFOLIO AS A TOOL CAPABLE OF IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE ACCORDING TO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE MEDICAL STUDENTS EXPERIENCE

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: The Brazilian educational scenario goes through a modification process with breaking of paradigms. Medical education is an area that needs this reorganization, especially the teaching process, which begins in medical school and remains throughout professional career. Within the evaluation process of knowing, active methodologies are capable of stimulating the development of skills and competencies, contributing to the formation of a more reflective and resolute professional. This abstract aims to demonstrate the contribution of portfolio methodology in the consolidation and improvement of knowledge of medical students. METHODS: Qualitative work, experience report. During the Learning Programme in Primary Care, a subject of medical school at Universidade Potiguar, two portfolios are requested by the professor during each semester, recording the experiences with theoretical and practical classes in basic health services. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS:The reading of portfolios is performed by the professor in order to identify strengths and challenges encountered in the experiences, enabling evolutions in the construction of critical and analytical thinking of students, not limited to simple narration of experiences and expanding reflections and alternative resolutions to the problems identified.The implementation of active methodology in medical schools and the encouragement for students to valorize portfolio preparation are means for that knowledge not becoming limited to what is taught in class, but expanding through critical analysis and search for new sources of research on lived experiences. This is a very important tool for discussions, interactions and medical practice of excellence.