AN EXPEDITION TO THE BASIC RIVER HEALTH UNIT AND QUILOMBOLA COMMUNITIES OF THE ANDIRÁ RIVER

EXPERIENCE REPORT FROM THE OPTIONAL INTERNSHIP

Abstract

Introduction: The Multiprofessional Health Residency is configured as an in-service teaching modality, combining knowledge and practices aimed at the comprehensiveness of health actions offered to the population, considering local needs and realities. Among the educational strategies provided for in legislation, there is the Optional Internship (OI), which allows experiences in environments considered relevant for learning. Objective: To report the experience of the OI in the dispatch of health care in the Basic River Health Unit and quilombola communities of the Andirá river, in September 2023. Experience report: The OI took place in the municipality of Barreirinha, in the state of Amazonas, through the Residences Project within the scope of the Support Program for the Institutional Development of the Unified Health System (Proadi-SUS). Educational, preventive and rehabilitation actions were carrying out, focusing on care based on the specificities of this population. There were ten days of expedition in nine remaining quilombola communities, totaling 47 Physiotherapy sessions carried out by the resident physiotherapist, in addition to joint work as a multidisciplinary team in 21 home visits. Conclusion: The experiences during the OI enabled knowledge of quilombola ways of life on the Andirá River, as well as understanding the notion of territoriality, social identity and health care practices, both through traditional methods and through services available in the Unified Health System (SUS).