Percepção dos profissionais de saúde sobre a atuação de acadêmicos no contexto da Atenção Primária

Abstract

The Primary Health Care (PHC) is an important scenario for the undergraduate health courses. The objective is to describe and analyse the perception of the health professionals from a Basic Health Unit (BHU) on the nursing, medicine and dentistry undergraduate students’ performances.  This is a descriptive and exploratory study of a qualitative approach with personal semi-structured interviews, applied to professionals working in UBS. The unit presents adequate human resources to attend students’ necessity, despite that the physical structure has been noticed to be unsatisfying. The undergraduate students’ performance brings contributions to the organization of the service and attendance of population, nevertheless it can reduce and limit the agility of the service and the longitudinality. Through this study, the undergraduate students’ participation in the BHU adds value and it is essential for academic formation, as a means to broaden the understanding of the health-disease process and the treatment possibilities.