ABSTRACT
The article aimed to report the immersion experience in the practice field of a Psychology student from Federal University of Pará, while participant in Projeto Multicampi Saúde: Atenção à Saúde da Criança, during the care provided to the guide-child, the family, and the community according to activities that had the purpose of training students and professionals of the service, directly in the Basic Health Unit (UBS) and adjacent territory. The trajectory traveled by the student was outlined, carried out in the municipality of Cametá, Pará, during June 2019, reporting the experience in six main activities: monitoring the Child’s Handbook use with the Unit’s professionals; construction of the Singular Therapeutic Plan for the guide child/family; mapping of the municipality’s mental health network; health education actions; listening groups; and training for the UBS professionals. The results show that the immersion experience in the territory, experiencing health care, was enriching in dimensions of teaching, service, and management. Immersion in the field of practice proved to be a powerful training space for future professionals, using the in-service training model.
KEYWORDS
Primary Health Care; Inservice training; Child health