Expanded education during health multiprofessional residency: the experience report of a dentist in the Xukuru do Ororubá indigenous people (Pernambuco/Brazil)

This is an experience report, based on the recommendations that call to close the gap between health education and the reality of populations in vulnerable situations, from the perspective of a residence worker, about the internship experience in the Xukuru do Ororubá Indigenous Territory (Pernambuco/Brazil). The observations emerged regarding the living and health conditions of the indigenous people, the internship pedagogical process and its repercussions on professional training and practice, as well as the weaknesses related to the coverage and longitudinality of oral health care. It was possible to improve the socio-political glance at the indigenous issue through interventions from the perspective of subject autonomy. The potentiality of the proposal is evident, stimulating the confrontation between established professional knowledge and the objective reality of the communities, seeking to overcome the colonial model of care, expanding the perspective of professional training for the Brazilian National Health System (SUS).

Keywords Primary health care; Health of indigenous populations; Oral health; Access to health services; Post-graduate health programs