OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the opinion of medical students about their learning process and about the importance of having participated in a program involving household visits together with health agents in the community of Capuava, a district of Santo André. METHOD: Qualitative-quantitative prospective study. Data were generated by means of questionnaires and reports of important experiences made during internship, discussions and observation. RESULTS: In the opinion of the students the contribution of community health activities to their medical education was poor (2.8%), regular (14.1%), good (50.7%) and very good (32.5%). 91.3%, believe that the visits contributed to the emotional, 62% to the cognitive and 56,3% to the psychomotor component. The aspect considered the most positive was that the visits showed the real living conditions of the population (70.8%) and the aspect considered most negative was the short duration of this experience (19.4%). CONCLUSIONS: The students realized that their participation in household visits contributed to their medical knowledge. This contribution seems to be more substantial with regard to the emotional component. Their perception of the community should contribute to their practicing medicine in the future.
Education,Medical; Evaluation; Internship and residency; Family Health
