Abstract

SOUZA, Gabriela Crusoé Lopes Leite de et al. The PET-Health in academic education in dentistry: contributions and prospects. Rev. ABENO [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.1, pp. 73-80. ISSN 1679-5954.

The Education Program at Work for Health ( PET - Health ) offers academic graduation insertion in health services , allowing them to experience the reality of these services . The PET - Health aims primarily to develop necessary for a performance in multidisciplinary teams skills. Uses the methodology of observation, experience and research to build knowledge . The relationship between school-community-service provides a unique to academics, professionals of health care and community network. Thus, PET - Health aims to train health care professionals with high technical , scientific and academic qualification. The objective of this study is to report the experiences of the dental students in actions of teaching, research and outreach conducted by PET - Health, and its prospects in vocational training. The undergraduate course in dentistry has undergone several changes since its inception, the PET - Health is an excellent way to apply this new vision that has been given to this degree, one academic program leading to extramural experiences, providing greater knowledge , by students of structures of public health services . The activities of teaching, research and exten-sion lived in PET - Health contribute to an integrated academics who learn essential foundations for your professional life growth.

Keywords : Education; Primary Health Care; Dentistry..