To assess the development of skills by medical students in radiology and diagnostic imaging in a cross-sectional way in undergraduate medicine in an integrated and interdisciplinary curriculum. This ...is a quantitative, analytical, and expository cross-sectional study, through the application of a structured questionnaire on the radiological themes developed in the axis that has as practical support the Morphofunctional Laboratory, with students from the 1st, 5th and 8th semester of the medical course at the Centro Universitário Metropolitano da Amazônia (UNIFAMAZ), Belém, PA – Brazil. For the elaboration of the result of the present study, the analysis of 93 applied questionnaires was used, respecting the selection criterion, in which the questionnaire should contain the Free and Informed Consent Term duly completed and signed, of which 15 already had a previous graduation. The students at each end of the application of the questionnaire were more confident during the semesters, represented by the increasing average of correct answers over the semesters, and, in this way, corroborating the evolution of the students in the resolution and reasoning of the proposed questions. The information obtained from the medical students evaluated in the study corroborate that problem-based learning facilitates and assists in the process of obtaining knowledge, through the morphofunctional components of the course used to approach radiology and diagnostic imaging with a view multidimensional in addition to the role of complementary examination methods.
Chagas disease is a chronic health condition with high morbidity and mortality. It has an impact on public health and social and economic aspects, and despite efforts and health surveillance ...measures, outbreaks of the disease still occur. Objective: To evaluate the epidemiological profile of patients affected by Chagas' disease in Belém between 2015 and 2018. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional, retrospective study based on data collected from the notification and disease system, with data collected on cases in the established period, with information such as schooling, age group and gender. Results: There was a higher prevalence of young patients aged between 20 and 59, with a predominance of males and no correct identification of schooling in the notifications. In addition, there was an increase in the number of cases in 2017, but within the expected level of endemicity. Conclusion: Despite the epidemiological transition and the general decrease in the number of cases, Chagas disease is still an important factor to be evaluated by public health, with preventive policies being maintained, as well as public hygiene and basic sanitation situations.
Introduction: Cervical cancer represents an important public health problem. It is the 4th most frequent neoplasm among women in Brazil. Its prevention is carried out in all women from 25 to 64 years ...old through cytopathological examination of the cervix, based on a screening that allows the detection of lesions and, thus, the early diagnosis of the disease. Objective: To analyze data regarding the coverage of the Pap smear test in women in the state of Pará, Brazil, and the factors related to not performing the test. Methods: Descriptive epidemiological study carried out with data collection from SISCAN and SISCOLO provided by DATASUS. Results: the total sample analyzed was 762,492 patients, among them, the search for disease screening was the main reason for performing it (95.9%); the age group with the highest achievement was 30 to 34 years old (13.33%). In situ and invasive adenocarcinoma subtypes were more prevalent between 40 and 44 years old (18.13% and 20.37%, respectively). Education level was ignored in 98.38%. The test was considered technically satisfactory in 94.71% of the samples and, among them, 39.40% did not have endocervical or metaplastic cells. Conclusion: the Pap test is the best method for tracking and preventing malignant neoplasms of the uterine cervix, directly impacting the epidemiological indices of the disease, due to its early recognition and treatment. Measures such as women's awareness of the subject, proper training of health professionals who carry out the collection, investment in health actions aimed at women and proper completion of notification forms on the platform are of paramount importance for improving the incidence and mortality rates of the cancer, especially in the North region, which has the highest rates in Brazil.
