Escola médica e Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS): Criação do curso de medicina da Universidade Federal de São Carlos, SP, Brasil (UFSCar) sob perspectiva de docentes e estudantes

Abstract

The Federal University of Sao Carlos (UFSCar) launched in 2006 the UFSCar Medical School, with constructivist, competency curriculum and practice based learning, interweaved in the SUS structure. The objective of the present study is to analyze the perceptions of teachers and students from the first group of graduates about their experience usingthe methodology called Life Oral History. Despite reports of infrastructure deficiencies, the narratives suggest that the curriculum favored the development of competencies such as search capability, critical and reflective thinking and self-managed learning. The fact of having practice integrated into the SUS, especially within the Family Health Units, improved intellective, relational and affective dimensions of patient care, favoring professional autonomy.