The present study aimed to analyze Primary Care as a learning environment for Medicine students. A cross-sectional descriptive study with a qualitative approach was carried out by means of four focus groups with interns of the four Medicine programs of the city of Fortaleza, State of Ceará, Brazil. Through the method of interpretation of meanings, two empirical categories were identified. Students recognize Primary Care as a space for the correlation between theory and practice in real settings where, many times, individual interests are highlighted and, sometimes, collective interests are emphasized, but the universality of Brazilian National Health System (SUS) is far from being defended as an ethical principle of the profession. However, the incentive to teaching in Primary Care and the development of humanistic aspects during education are motivational aspects for action in this area.
Primary care; Medical education; Medical teaching; Medicina undergraduate course