This initiative was born out of the need to talking to youngsters from middle school about personal, collective, and social health issues. The Program promotes knowledge about health and disease prevention (primary care).
One of the Santos Young Doctor methodology principles is to encourage critical and Scientific thinking among students. To do so, its methodology is based on the Brazilian Guidelines and Basis of Educationional Law and National Common Curriculum Basis (BNCC), that have 10 general competency contemplated in the Program. Moreover, the Program integrates 4 sustainable development goals (3, 4, 10 and 17). Even before remote learning becoming reality because of pandemics, hybrid learning was already part of our students’ routine with the use of Young Doctor digital platforms, tablets, research websites, apps, videos and movies with the support of books, magazines and data documents. For the synthesis, mind maps, word cloud, and glossary (Program’s method routine) to be meaningful, students experience, and insights are shared and deepen through team based learning; and for spreading knowledge strategy, we apply design thinking for concepting a plan of action according to a target audience.
We are already in 100% of municipal schools in Santos with elementary II, with eighth and ninth grade students, expanding to seventh grade students. Through the health actions that Young People apply within schools and their communities, the program is publicized.
To participate, you must be enrolled in the municipal school of Santos, in the seventh, eighth or ninth year and participate in a process of interest.
