Summary:
This research intends to verify the assessment of learning of Social Medicine in Medical Education. It’s focused the teaching plain of the Preventive and Social Medicine Department of PUCCampinas and the discipline what is to be ministered during the fifth year class in Primary Health Care Services. Aiming to evaluate the information retained by students and their performance, a qualitative approach was chosen through interviews with students who had finished the training in the previous year. We could verify that in each group training acquired its own character. In general, the training has surpassed expectations, also making clear that primary health services can be effective and with resolution. Some contents about: doctorpatient relationship, integral attention, interdisciplinary work and the approach to social reality have been emphasized for the students. They considered this knowledge new and enable to review altitudes. For conclusion it is important that the medicine school integrate into health services and modify the curriculum structure for overcome the theoretical /practice dichotomy.
Keyword:
Assitant-teaching staff; Primary health services; Preventive Medicine teaching; Teaching-learning process evaluation; Qualitative methods