Compartilhando saberes: a experiência de acadêmicos de medicina na atenção primária à saúde

Objective: To report the experience of academics of the Medicine course of the third semester of the Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD) in which, as part of the discipline of Community Health Care, an intervention project was proposed and executed in a Basic Health Unit (UBS) of the city of Dourados – MS.  Experience report: Carried out from the experience of academics in the follow-up of the routine of a Family Health Team, which had as its purpose the knowledge of the territory of coverage of the UBS, the planning and execution of an intervention project in response to an observed problem. After discussions with the nurse responsible for the UBS, the group noticed the necessity of training all the UBS professionals in Basic Life Support (SBV), as well as teaching Basic First Aid at a local State School. Thus, the activity was divided into three stages: training of students; intervention in the school and training of the professionals. Final considerations: The intervention proved to be satisfactory, proving to be a way of building knowledge of a subject that should be managed for all in society, in addition to collaborating for the understanding of academics of their function as social intervener.