TEACHING SERVICE AND COMMUNITY INTEGRATION AS PRACTICAL ASPECTS IN THE TRAINING OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AT THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAPÁ

Introduction and Objective: At the Federal University of Amapá (UNIFAP), the teaching of Medicine follows the PBL model (Problem-Based Learning), the IESC (Teaching Service and Community Integration) a practical tool of student learning, where occurs active interaction between students and members of the community from Macapá. It is necessary to know and share experiences, challenges, advantages and disadvantages of medical students of UNIFAP within an integrated school with the community, using IESC as field of study. Method: This was a descriptive study about an experience report in which a group of fifteen students of the third year of Medicine class of UNIFAP, described their experiences in the practices of IESC activities in basic health units linked to the university and home visits. The visits were carried out and monitored in the months July to December 2015, twice a week, in the city of Macapá, AP. Results and Conclusions: Evaluating the answers obtained in the experience report, it was observed that following doctors, nurses and other health professionals, students can channel the theoretical study in favor of practical medicine; ensuring a wider learning, differentiated and humane. It allows you to also monitor and care for patients scheduled for home visits, establishing links between academics and patients of the community served. From this pilot study, to better understand the experiences of students from the third year of Medicine UNIFAP with IESC, intending to expand the search for a greater number of students.