Abstract

LAMUS LEMUS, Francisco; CORREAL MUNOZ, Camilo  and  HERNANDEZ RINCON, Erwin. Assembling healthy environments under a Primary Health Care framework: the teachinglearning experience of community health at Universidad de La Sabana undergraduate medical program. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2015, vol.31, n.2, pp.424-434. ISSN 0120-5552.

This article presents the reflection of an education experience in community health, within the framework of Primary Health Care (PHC) in the program of Medicine at Universidad de La Sabana, a process that articulates students, citizens and managers of interdisciplinary teams to work for populations’ health collaborating in the making of "healthy environments". It delves into the elements that have characterized the experience of teaching and learning in PHC, the process of building the academic program, the confluence of Public Health and Family Medicine in PHC, the pedagogical orientation of theoretical and practical activities in health care education, the formulation and implementation of improvement plans in health, community health projects and promoting healthy environments in different organizations and communities, while describing the evolution of the process. Conclusions emphasize strategic areas necessary in physicians and other health professionals, competencies necessary to strengthen population health through this kind of programs, stressing the importance of PHC and healthy environments in teaching, researching, and social action in coordination with other sectors related to the initiative.

Keywords : Primary health care; public health education; community health services; health education.

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