This article aimed to describe and evaluate the extension program "Integrating knowledge to the family integral care" composed of five projects that aimed to enrich knowledge and develop skills in the academic field, to accomplish health actions, based on the families' and community' needs. A total of 33 faculties from the nursing, medical and biomedical schools at the "Triângulo Mineiro Federal University" participated in the projects during eight months in the "Family Health Program", out-patient clinics and at the School Hospital, attending 2,000 clients. The faculty members were subjects in their own learning process, experiencing and reflecting upon this social reality. The program also favored inter-institutional integration, as well as, showed connection between teaching-research-extension.
teaching; research; community-institutional relations; education, nursing; diploma programs; consumer participation; family
