USAGE OF SIMULATION AS AN EDUCATION TOOL FOR DEVELOPING COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN MEDICINE GRADUATE STUDENTS

Introduction: Simulation is a teaching methodology that reproduces real life situations in order to provide knowledge retention for a longstanding time and a more pleasant content assimilation than traditional education. This application allows the students the amount of repetition needed for learning, without exhaustion of the real patient. By means of interaction between actors and medicine students, one can develop an essential attribute for future health professionals: doctor-patient relationship. Objective: Report the process of insertion of scenic simulation in the process of learning for the subject “Integrated Attention for Family Health III” in the Medicine graduate course of Universidade Estácio de Sá. Method: The present experience has begun in the second half of 2015, with 2nd year students. The subject in question addresses on its content the person centered approach. After a theoretical basis introduction, the students experience learning in three different simulations for, only then, experience direct contact with PSF-LAPA patients. Results and conclusions: Insertion of scenic simulation has showed to be a relevant tool of active methodology for developing communication skills in students, experiencing, in a safe environment, carrying out a medical history, giving students experience their difficulties, fantasies and doubts about the doctor-patient relationship, favoring an adequate approach for fulfilling the student‘s needs and contribute for the learning procedure.