O aprendizado decorrente de uma ação de conscientização: como a atividade prática impactou alunos do curso de Medicina

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Given the dense curriculum, the insertion of the medical student in the community, right at the beginning of the course, is of great importance for their training, since it is through this insertion that the student is exposed to the problems present in the reality of the community. The subject Community Interaction proposed to the first year students to carry out an educational action about the most prevalent chronic diseases, namely Diabetes and Systemic Arterial Hypertension. Therefore, this experience report brings the observations made by the authors before, during and after the awareness action at the university campus in the year 2021, and the importance of the practical activity for the consolidation of knowledge. REPORT: The educational action took place in November 2021. The authors of this work were responsible for exposing to the community health and disease indicators related to the chronic conditions mentioned above. They decided to measure capillary blood glucose, blood pressure, calculate BMI, and distribute booklets containing general information and the reference values for the tests performed.  DISCUSSION: It is evident that extracurricular activities provide the insertion of the students in medical scenarios with participation in health care of real people as a strong component of professional learning. The student's relationship with the community prepares him to deal with the patient in a humanized way, which goes beyond pharmacological treatment. CONCLUSION: The overall result of this social action was a sum of learning that radiates to all involved: the students matured in the learning process, and the volunteers received information about their health status.