Pet health survillance: report of an academic extension experience

Abstract

The aim of this article is to report an experience lived during the PET health survillance extension program, developed between 2010 and 2012, at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. There were planned weekly meetings to debate on health subject at the beggining of the process, together with practical activities to be performed outside of the university. At the university, the activities consisted of groups of dynamics, debates and presentations, and the field activity was comprised by means of following the work processess in the “Laboratório Central and the Diretoria de Vigilância Epidemiológica de Santa Catarina”. The transdisciplinarity and the knowledge sharing amongst the students from the university health center with the accompained services were evident. This experience provided an opportunity to exchange savvies beyond the classroom in relation to health concepts and to the work process on the health survillance scope.

Keywords

• Extensão Universitária
• Ensino Universitário
• Transdisciplinaridade