Need of valuing institutional extension programs and projects in brazilian universities

Abstract

The University Extension is based on the relevance of the contact between undergraduate students and society, an interrelationship capable of generating social transformation. It aims to provide pedagogically professional practice and improvement, creating dialogue, exchange of knowledge. and contact with challenges, derived from a social commitment that surrounds the academy. In this context, extension programs are permanent actions that give structure in interprofessional, intersectoral, and interdisciplinary ways, oriented to a common goal that needs to be structured in the university and is based on the inseparability between extension, teaching, and research. Moreover, through many programs and extension projects that it has, UFCSPA offers the students experiences that foment responsible and critical formation of individuals. It stands out that the “Story Telling Extension Program in Health Promotion”, for 15 years, has a purpose to provide humanized practical experiences between students and patients, using literature to create health care. This way, the history of the extension in Brazil emphasizes its importance and the need for appreciation of the academic projects and programs through the investment of the IES in institutionalizing these activities, generating a beneficial union between the academic and social environment.