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LOPES DE OLIVEIRA, Milca  e  CARVALHO COELHO, Tenile. Dentistry students' perceptions of the PET-Health UFMS/SESAU Program, Campo Grande, MS, 2009. Rev. ABENO [online]. 2011, vol.11, n.1, pp. 76-80. ISSN 1679-5954.

Introduction: The PET-Health program should encourage the training of professionals and professors that have high technical, scientific, technological and academic qualification, as well as professional performance driven by critical thinking, citizenship and the social role of higher education, guided by the principle of indivisibility of teaching, research and extension. There was an agreement between the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS) and the Municipal Health Department (SESAU) that led to the creation of a seven-course program in 2009, in two lines of research. Objectives: To report the perception of Dentistry students from UFMS concerning the PET-Health 2009 and its impact on academic education. Material and Methods: An account of an experience, supported by monthly reports by Dentistry students about the PET-Health 2009 and accompanying documents of these students as the data sources. Results: There were 60 students from seven courses in the area of Health; five were attending Dentistry courses, and three were scholarship students. There was a significant impact on academic training, insofar as aspects of multiprofessional integration of theory and practice, health-based knowledge production, SUS principles, operation of a UBSF, dialogue skills, respect for colleagues and decision-making were all put into evidence. It is believed that the satisfaction of participating in the a PET program has motivated and sensitized students for work and learning. Conclusions: It is hoped that institutions of higher education and municipal health departments will be open to the integration of university-community-service.

Palavras-chave : Family Health; Primary Health Care; Learning.