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SALES, Késsia Nara Andrade et al. Pet-Health: preparing college student facilitators - report of an experience. Rev. ABENO [online]. 2011, vol.11, n.2, pp. 51-56. ISSN 1679-5954.

The interaction of health professionals still pursuing undergraduate studies is made possible through initiatives like the Education Program through Health Work (PET-Health). This program acts as an instrument through which students may be included in the Unified Health System (SUS), an inclusion that aims at introducing them to scientific work, internships and daily experience in extending professional services. All this contributes to the training of professionals committed to the reality of the healthcare area and to changing this reality. The present study reports an experience by an undergraduate dental student from the Federal University of the Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys (UFVJM). Said student also participates in the PET / Mental Health-Drugs / UFVJM, and has participated in PET-Health / Health Surveillance / UFVJM. The PET-Health / Health Surveillance of UFVJM consists of two tutorial groups, in that the group in which the student participated aimed at gaining greater access to testing for the diagnosis of HIV infection through a rapid-testing technique. Among other goals, the PET-Health / Mental Health-Drugs / UFVJM has the purpose of qualifying students technically, scientifically and technologically in the area of mental health, through an approach focusing on alcohol and other drugs. In addition, the PETHealth / UFVJM program encourages students to develop research activities that propose effective changes in his reality. Thus, it can be concluded that the integration of teaching and community service can be used as a valuable tool in social promotion and exercise of citizenship, and that it is instrumental in reducing the existing social problems.

Palavras-chave : AIDS; Drugs; PET-Saúde/UFVJM; Dentistry; Report of experience.