LGBT+ Health on Primary Care: the experience report of a workshop during the medical internship on Family Medicine and Mental Health in a public university

• Autor(a) principal: Loria, Gabriela Bueno
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Faig Canesin, Guilherme Martinolli, Silva, Guilherme Martins, Amorim, Gustavo Henrique de Oliveira, de Melo, Julia Mendes, Santos, Laerte Romualdo, da Rosa, Larissa Fonte Dutra, de Santiago, Clarisse Rinaldi Salles, Mattos, Denise da Silva, Pedrosa, Michele Lopes, Leal, Erotildes Maria
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbmfc.org.br/rbmfc/article/view/1807
• topic: Minority Health; Sexual and Gender Minorities; Education; Medical; Primary Health Care; Family Practice; Salud de las Minorías; Minorías Sexuales y de Género; Educación Médica; Atención Primaria de Salud; Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria; Saúde das Minorias; Minorias Sexuais e de Gênero; Educação Médica; Atenção Primária à Saúde; Medicina de Família e Comunidade; Minorias Sexuais e de Gênero; Capacitação de Recursos Humanos em Saúde; Educação Superior; Sexual and Gender Minorities; Health Human Resource Training; Education; Higher

Introduction: The LGBT+ healthcare is marked with particularities and vulnerabilities that require differenced attention. Sensitizing and qualifying healthcare professionals to these population’s needs is fundamental to guarantee the right to health. The curriculum from health degrees, that usually does not address this issue, have been questioned by students along with LGBTphobia reports among the medical education and revindication for practical capacitation. In this context, the Integrated Family & Community Medicine (MFC) and Mental Health Internship at Faculty of Medicine of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, prepared a workshop on LGBT Health, presented in this article. Methods: A workshop took place in May of 2018, having a target audience of interns of MFC. It aimed to sensitize medical students regarding the referred theme and to give practical tools to be used in primary medicine and other healthcare environments. Medical undergrads who identify themselves as LGBT+ were invited to conduct the activity under the orientation of tutors from the internship. Given that those medical students were protagonists in this activity, it was possible to articulate the scientific knowledge, accomplished with regular studies on the theme, and the experiential expertise. The workshop was divided in four acts: i) sensitization; ii) case discussion; iii) information and orientations on good practice; iv) questions and feedback. The workshop lasted 4 hours, using active and participatory learning methods. Results: The objectives were achieved with a highly good evaluation as to the workshop’s organization and performance. The students and professors that coordinated the activity prepared a narrative evaluation. The workshop’s subjects, the MFC interns, took later an online feedback questionnaire, in which they positively evaluated the methods and acquired knowledge. Conclusion/Future works: The workshop, firstly implemented as an experimental activity, is now part of the regular medical internship curriculum. An optative course and an extension project are being planned, aiming to reach other medical students and public healthcare providers. Including the subject in the medical curriculum as a longitudinal discussion remains a challenge.