With the attendance of more than 600 people, including students, teachers and members of the community of Neiva, the event art and family medicine was held at the Pigoanza theater on May 8, 2024. This activity organized by the family medicine program in its undergraduate area counted with the participation of eighth, ninth and tenth semester students of the subjects of family medicine I, II and III respectively.
The students majestically represented topics associated with family medicine such as diabetes mellitus, obesity, high blood pressure, low back pain, headache, vertigo, sexuality, death, IMCI, food safety, malnutrition, family dysfunction, pre-eclampsia, eclampsia and HELLP syndrome.
The didactic strategy art and family medicine arises as a tool to strengthen the students' knowledge of medicine and soft skills. Initially, the student reviews a topic in a group, exposes it and the teacher clarifies doubts and reinforces the different aspects. Subsequently, it is articulated with the area of arts of the university foundation and the student is in the task of first explaining the knowledge and take it to the understanding of the teachers of a subject completely different from medicine. Subsequently, in a collaborative work group of students expose their creative idea and with the art instructors establish an artistic presentation. They practice with advice from the aforementioned area and with direct supervision of the family medicine teachers. Finally, they perform their staging, which is graded with a rubric known by the students that establishes aspects such as knowledge, ability to clearly expose that knowledge to a non-medical audience, creativity, collaborative work and staging.
This strategy has allowed students to consolidate their knowledge, to be able to teach and educate in health. Overcome stage fright, considering themselves capable of making any type of presentation and overcoming their mental barriers. Work as a team and bring to a purpose a project where they will be observed and evaluated. All this without mentioning the great contribution that emotions and imagination bring to medical work for the achievement of a medicine based on compassion and holism. It is worth highlighting the contribution that these future doctors make to the community by teaching medical topics in an entertaining way that remains in the memory.
The presentation of the students was brilliant, like a firmament full of stars and aroused admiration, feelings of pride and even tears from the spectators, which also included family members of the students of the University Foundation of Navarra-UNINAVARRA.
