CONTRIBUTION OF THE WORK HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM TO UNIVERSITY TRAINING

Abstract

This paper describes the activities of three students from different professional areas with support groups for ceasing tobacco use, and the contributions of this teaching experience to the academic training of future health professionals in the Work Health Education Program of the Federal University of Bahia, developed in partnership with the St. Francis Health Center, an entity of the Municipal Health Secretariat of Salvador, Bahia. This program was initiated in 2012, and in the first year the students participated in various learning and assistance activities. This report describes the activities developed with support groups for tobacco cessation. We conclude that participation of the students in the program assisted the learning process, improving relational skills and techniques among health professionals and users, providing theoretical and practical knowledge beyond the walls of the University. The program provides a way of refocusing the training of future health professionals in the National Health System.