BASIC HEALTH IN BELÉM PERIPHERAL AREAS IN MEDICAL STUDENTS OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ’S (UFPA) VIEW

Introduction & Objective: The Medical School of UFPA instituted in his new Education Programme a discipline called Comprehensive Health Care (CHC). Thus, we seek to expose the academic effective experience of community settings - especially in peripheral areas. The practical classes are therefore administered according to the complexity and with autonomy developed during the course. In the beginning of it, the National Policy of Primary Care is highlighted. This work aims to expose the contrast between the theory and practice of the National Policy of Primary Care at the outskirts of Belém. Methodology: For this work, the students attended practical lessons of discipline CHC during the first halfyear of the course and organized their insights and analysis through a biannual evaluation portfolio. The routine of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) was followed for six months in a cross-sectional analysis, with direct contact with professionals and users. Results & Conclusion: After the end of the lessons of the discipline, it was observed that the reality does not match the theory. The care service to Basic Health, if well run, is very effective in taking care of the population, because, besides working on prevention, avoids unnecessary future expenditures to the public safe. Simple interventions can be done to improve the service provided by the FHS, as the implementation of a more humanized care, with staff training, aiming not only to make them aware of their respective roles, but mainly about his role as an agent-transformer of a local reality.