Abstract

COUTO, Vanessa Brito Miguel et al. “Beyond the Breast”: the Pink October Scenario among Medical Students. Rev. Bras. Educ. Med. [online]. 2017, vol.41, n.1, pp.30-37. ISSN 1981-5271.  https://doi.org/10.1590/1981-52712015v41n1RB20160005.

The breast cancer can now be considered a public health problem due to its increasing incidence and lethality rates. In view of this, the October Rosa mobilization aims at drawing the population’s attention regarding this neoplasm in women from all over the world, so that their common objective is to perform the early diagnosis in order to reduce mortality due to this neoplasm. Thus, the following article describes the experiences of undergraduate medical students at the Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (Uesc) regarding the practice module on Integrated Teaching with Community Health and Service, as part of a joint initiative with a Family Health Team in the outskirts of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil, within the context of the “Pink October” movement, also aiming to share thoughts on the medical degree raised by the group on the experience described. As part of the Pink October initiative, the students were given the opportunity to take a clinical approach in the waiting room, collecting information and performing physical examinations on patients who appear at the Family Health Unit. This experience was not only intended to identify patients with suspected cancer and measure the data collected, but was also designed to provide the students the opportunity to put their health education and communication skills into practice, developing the doctor-patient relationship. It also allows academics to better recognize and understand users’ difficulties in preventing and promoting breast health. In this context, it was observed that several women were not familiar with the recommended techniques for the breast self-exam (???). Medical students must understand that practical and theoretical knowledge is reconstructed with every single patient according to their specific historical context and varying viewpoints and interpretations of the concepts of health and disease. In addition, the medical professional must exercise, from the undergraduate, skills that extrapolate the orthodox medical work, also assuming a position of multiplier of citizenship, a propagating agent of rights and duties.

Keywords : Breast Cancer Prevention; Medical Education; Breast Cancer.

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