“Blood”: desmistificando a hematologia através de ciclos de estudos no contexto da integração ensino-pesquisa-extensão

Abstract

Introduction:Community-aimed programs of universities can contribute to critical and reflexive training processes, mobilizing skills essential for healthcare. They must also enable transformative relationships between the university and society.The project “Blood” supportedan actionresearch cycle to facilitate the development of workshops on the interpretation of blood counttests.Objective:To describe the outcomes of the project “Blood” in the teaching-learning process of hematology content.Methodology:over the year 2017, topics related to hematology (diagnosis and management of anemia, clotting disorders, and hematological neoplasms; as well the criteria for referral to specialized care proposed by the Brazilian Ministry of Health) were addressed in weekly self-managed discussions, using a flipped classroom strategy implementedby the participating students. Thus, the goal was the sharingof knowledge and working on relational and communication skills.Results:two workshops on the interpretation of blood count tests were presented in national scientific events by students of medicine and nursing, usingapedagogical framework of problematization. Cognitive and relational competencesfor planning a continued education workshop for Primary Care professionalswere also developed.Conclusions:The project “Blood” made it possible for the extensioniststudentsto work on technical, intellectual, interpersonal and intrapersonal skills, leading to an immediate outcome of two events of continuing education aimed at the community, thus fulfilling the essence of universitycommunity projects.