ABSTRACT
Higher education health institutions have sought to make changes to their political-pedagogical projects, thus redesigning their curricula. This study aimed to evaluate the teaching-learning process in supervised internships that integrate students from diverse health care courses, using the approach of an ethnographic case study through participant observation, semi-structured questionnaire and focus groups. Triangulated data indicates the importance of interdisciplinary structure, teamwork, the teacher’s role and contribution as facilitator of the training process, encouraging critical thinking and decision making. The proposed Integrated Internship allows a new vision of the teaching-learning process, coupled with diversified practical situations, particularly as regards education in health. It can be understood as a pedagogical strategy aimed at overcoming knowledge fragmentation and can be used as a benchmark by other educational institutions in health, seeking to train health professionals with a humanistic profile, ready to work in comprehensive health care and as part of a team.
Internship; Teaching; Learning; Health Education