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MOIMAZ, Suzely Adas Saliba et al. University extension in the view of academics: the enabler of National Curricular Guidelines. Rev. ABENO [online]. 2015, vol.15, n.4, pp. 45-54. ISSN 1679-5954.

This study aimed to analyze the perception of dental students about an extension program, from the perspective of rapprochement with the National Curricular Guidelines (DCN) of that course. It is a qualitative study, developed with academics (n=5) participating in an outreach program geared to prenatal. Data were collected through focus groups and analyzed by the Collective Subject Discourse technique. It was possible to observe that the impact exerted by academic experience in extension activities enhances the scientific, technical and human relations. In the field of scientific development, the gain was in receiving stimuli to develop their skills to seek new knowledge and fix the theoretical content in practical experience. Concerning in the technical development, there was improvement of the technical-scientific and practical knowledge to humanized attention to pregnant women, as well as development motor and cognitive skills (to understand the functioning of the public health system), and communication and academic expression. In the field of development of human relations, the fruitful relationship established between academic, university and society allowed to increase the skills of teamwork and a sense of citizenship. It concludes that an outreach program sets up an excellent professional training opportunity, more contextualized with the proposed skills in DCN.

Palavras-chave : Education, Higher.; Dental Students; Community-Institutional Relations..