Experience Report: Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Tourism through University Extension

University Extension is an educational, cultural, and scientific process that establishes the exchange between academic and popular knowledge. Project-Based Learning (PjBL) consists of allowing students to confront the issues and problems of the world through a real project. PjBL has been adopted in Software Engineering (SE) teaching to motivate and engage students in studying and applying processes and methods. In this work, the university extension was integrated with the PjBL in teaching SE in a postgraduate course to bring students closer to real practices of software development, meeting a demand from the State of notorious value for society. Interviews were conducted with stakeholders, artifacts were delivered, and students received feedback from the professor and the stakeholders. Through a questionnaire, the students provided feedback about the practical activity, the learning method, and their perceptions regarding their evolution and dedication to group work. We can highlight the following findings: (i) the use of PjBL together with extension and the development of a real project was promising for the evolution of learning; (ii) greater motivation of the students, who evaluated: (iii) the learning method as satisfactory, and (iv) the practical activity and their evolution of learning as good and excellent. Our main contribution is the lessons learned that might guide future experiences that adopt PjBL in SE teaching and extension.

Introduction: Monitoring comprises a contribution tool in the teachinglearning process. It is an instrument that helps in the understanding, production and improvement of university knowledge, in addition to stimulating scientific initiation and university extension. The present work brings an innovative proposal of the modality, in which medical specialists guide students in the production of materials on themes in the area with virtual later dissemination, allowing an interaction of students from different regions. Objectives: Report on the experience of virtual monitoring during the COVID-19 pandemic and to evaluate the effectiveness of active methodologies for the digital use of resources. Experience report: The monitoring consisted of weekly online meetings, for three months, with clinical cases related to eight themes that were distributed and rotated among the monitors for the production of digital materials containing sub-themes within major touches, which is available for free on the networks monitoring. The following topics were discussed with: headache, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, seizures, vertigo, lowering of the sensory, neuroinfections and traumatic brain injury. Reflections on the experience: The active production process, as it is an effective learning method, reinforces the monitors’ knowledge on the themes and consolidates important skills. Conclusion: Online monitoring, in addition to being an alternative to the traditional face-to-face model, contributed to medical training in teaching, research and extension and in the development of other qualities, such as: interpersonal relationships, didactic language, encouraging teaching and improving the search and filtering data from the scientific literature.

AMARAL, Ana Clara Oliveira dos Santos; CAVALCANTE, Andressa de Moraes; RAMOS, Gabrielle Barreto; LINO, Isabela Corrêia; COELHO, Jamille Moraes; SANTOS, João Victor Rocha dos; FERREIRA, Karolany Gomes da Silva; PEREIRA, Mariana dos Santos; SILVA, Raphaella Vieira Varela da; SOUZA, Thaís Roberta da Silva. The invisibility of HTLV in the context of public health: report of an extension experience in health education. 11 p. Experience report (Nursing) – Veiga de Almeida University, Rio de Janeiro. 2025. The Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV) is a sexually transmitted infection that is widely neglected in Brazil, both by the population and by health professionals. Despite the high prevalence, especially of the HTLV-1 type, associated with serious diseases such as tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) and adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL), the virus remains invisible in public health strategies. This negligence jeopardizes early diagnosis, transmission control and comprehensive care for infected individuals. In light of this scenario, an educational activity was developed at Veiga de Almeida University, Tijuca campus, with the aim of promoting knowledge about HTLV among university students. The activity used active and playful methodologies, such as oral presentation, graphic materials, interactive dynamics and questionnaires before and after the intervention. Eighty-three students participated, mostly young women. The results demonstrated a significant increase in the level of knowledge about HTLV after the action, especially regarding the forms of transmission, lack of cure and importance of early diagnosis. Most participants recognized the relevance of the topic, highlighting the positive impact of educational intervention. The experience reinforces the importance of health education as a strategic tool in Primary Health Care, aligned with the principles of the National Policy for Popular Health Education. It is concluded that participatory educational initiatives are essential to give visibility to HTLV and promote the fight against neglected sexually transmitted infections. Keywords: HTLV; Health education; Sexually transmitted infections; University extension; Early diagnosis.

Introdução: A crise pelo novo Coronavírus (SARS-CoV-2) tem impactado diversos setores, dentre eles o da educação superior, pois as atividades realizadas dentro da universidade estão, desde março de 2020, sendo remanejadas e readaptadas para o modelo on-line, dentre elas a extensão universitária. Objetivo: O presente artigo temobjetivo d um projeto de extensão universitária desenvolvido para estimular a adoção de hábitos alimentares saudáveis e que migrou suas atividades para o ambiente virtual, mostrando como foram os desafios e adaptações nesse novo cenário global. Metodologia: Trata-se de um estudo descritivo, do tipo relato de experiência. As atividades adaptadas à nova realidade que serão aqui mencionadas ocorreram no primeiro semestre de 2020, iniciando no mês de maio e finalizando em julho. As postagens para as redes sociais Facebook® e Instagram® foram realizadas uma vez por semana, por dois acadêmicos do curso de Nutrição e bolsistas do projeto, tendo sempre o auxílio das professoras responsáveis. Resultados: A utilização das redes sociais Facebook® e Instagram® ajudaram nosso projeto a desempenhar suas atividades de forma remota e obter um alcance maior de pessoas beneficiadas com as publicações. Conclusão: Apesar das dificuldades iniciais de planejamento de cronograma, temas abordados e o alcance do público alvo, conseguimos reestruturar bem o projeto ao novo formato e nos surpreendemos com o alcance das publicações e a capacidade de influenciar positivamente as vidas das pessoas, buscando trazer assuntos pertinentes e com embasamento científico, para assim, mesmo que remotamente, tentar melhorar do bem-estar da população. 
 Palavras-Chave: Relações Comunidade-Instituição, Pandemias, Prevenção de Doenças.

O estudo objetivou relatar a escolha do telemonitoramento em um projeto de extensão universitária, bem como sua importância, frente a realidade da pandemia do coronavirus. Trata-se de um relato de experiência que contou com a participação de 5 alunos de fisioterapia e 2 docentes da área de saúde da mulher. O delineamento da ação foi dividido em: planejamento entre docentes, detalhamento das ações e planejamento com discentes e docentes. Houveram 2 reuniões de planejamento pelas docentes, sequenciamento das atividades com escrita do projeto e posterior discussão com os discentes sobre as ações. Foram realizados 5 atendimentos virtuais durante um mês, supervisionados pelas docentes. Ao final de cada atendimento foram realizadas reuniões de reorganização. Conclui-se que no processo de decisão e execução do projeto, foi essencial o planejamento em equipe, agregando valor para a universidade e comunidade. Palavras-chaves: Educação em saúde. Fisioterapia. Cuidado Periódico. Universidades.

Este estudo possui como objetivo relatar uma experiência de qualificação da extensão universitária na área da saúde por meio de estratégias de ensino contemporâneas. Trata-se de um relato de experiência, descritivo e exploratório, com abordagem qualitativa. O campo de estudo para o presente trabalho foi um curso de extensão universitária. Foi neste contexto temático em que se inseriu a experiência de aplicação de duas estratégias de ensino, sendo elas a Brainstorming e o Estudo de Caso. Identificaram-se algumas dificuldades, como a insegurança do professor em utilizar as estratégias em um espaço de ensino diferenciado, contudo, foram superadas no sentido que as estratégias foram bem aceitas pela turma, gerando os resultados esperados para a qualificação profissional.

O trabalho teve como objetivo descrever a experiência acadêmica no curso de Fisioterapia do Projeto Qualidade de Vida para Todos (PQVT), quanto à aproximação para Fisioterapia Aquática. Apresenta-se relatos dos graduandos do curso de fisioterapia que constam no relatório do final PQVT do 1° semestre do ano de 2017. Como resultado tem-se a articulação da tríade ensino, pesquisa e extensão, como possibilidade de aproximar o graduando de Fisioterapia ao ambiente aquático, e enfatizar a importância sobre uma área com diversas possibilidades de atuação.

Este relato de experiência faz uma reflexão acerca da importância da extensão universitária para consolidação das mudanças nos conceitos de atenção à saúde dos pacientes com necessidades especiais. O projeto de extensão “Promoção de Saúde Bucal para Pacientes Especiais- PROSBE” ocorre no Centro Integrado de Educação Especial (CIES – Teresina/Piauí), promovendo capacitação para professores e responsáveis sobre a importância da promoção de saúde bucal, através de práticas de uma equipe multidisciplinar. Ações educativas podem desenvolver competência e estímulo aos responsáveis pelos pacientes e propiciar aos estudantes segurança e familiaridade no atendimento aos pacientes especiais. O PROSBE favorece o convívio entre os profissionais e o binômio aluno/professor universitário, propiciando pesquisas e uma relação social de impacto entre a Universidade e a sociedade. Além disso, este trabalho enaltece a indissociabilidade ensino-pesquisa-extensão que reafirma a extensão como processo acadêmico de formação e de geração de conhecimentos.

This is an experience report in which the virtual Conversation Wheel was used in the period of April 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. This experience was the result of the extension project “Attention in gynecological nursing: a proposal for university extension”, with the objective of highlighting the importance of breast cancer prevention. Two meetings were held with lectures given by nurses working in a reference center and oncology unit in the interior of Bahia, in addition to the participation of women invited to report on their cancer experiences. The activity involved academics, health professionals and the general community. It was possible to identify how much university extension allows the sharing of experiences and enrichment of knowledge between the academic community and society, in order to contribute to the quality of life of women through prevention practices and health promotion.

Objective: Report the health promotion activities carried out by Pharmacy students involved in a university extension project, and describe their contributions to an elderly group as well as to themselves as students.Methodology: This study adopts a qualitative descriptive approach, characterized as an experience report, from the perspective of undergraduate Pharmacy students who participated as extensionists in the project "Cidadania No Se Aposenta" during the 2022.2 and 2023.1 academic semesters.This project is linked to the Tabosa de Almeida University Center (Asces-Unita), located in Caruaru, PE. Results and Discussion: The project aims to provide activities to improve the spiritual, mental, physical, cognitive, and psychosocial health of the elderly, focusing on promoting autonomy and self-esteem in this population.Weekly activities included memory exercises, physical practices, cognitive, recreational, leisure, and general learning stimuli, to provide moments of mutual respect and social interaction.Regarding disease prevention, current and relevant topics were selected by teachers and students to ensure effective communication through the application of health circuits, physical activities, physiotherapy, nursing care, and personalized pharmacotherapeutic assistance.Pharmacy students were encouraged to guide the elderly on the correct use of herbal medicines and medications, as well as to implement Clinical Pharmacy protocols under teacher supervision, so that participants could achieve better management of polypharmacy.Final Considerations: The university extension developed in old age, in a compassionate and humanized manner, contributed to the training of professionals who are more sensitive to resolving frequent difficulties in this population.Empathetic looks and attentive ears reinforce the need for the constant development of skills and competencies capable of improving a scenario so in need of attention, which is evident in the elderly world.

A extensão universitária, por meio do tripé ensino-pesquisa-extensão, favorece o repasse do conhecimento, perpassando os muros da universidade e potencializa os efeitos da educação em saúde. O presente artigo objetiva descrever, no formato de relato de experiência, o projeto extensionista “Comunidade segura: educação da população em primeiros socorros e prevenção de agravos”, o qual desenvolveu ações educativas teórico-práticas sobre temas relacionados aos primeiros socorros em situações de urgência e emergência comuns no cotidiano da população. As ações do projeto foram realizadas entre março de 2019 e fevereiro de 2020 nas Unidades Básicas de Saúde, no município de Parnaíba – PI e desenvolvida por docentes e discentes do curso de Medicina, membros de uma liga acadêmica, a partir da aplicação de conteúdo teórico para os usuários da UBS que buscavam atendimento em saúde, por meio de panfletos e palestras nas salas de espera e após simulações práticas para explicitar as condutas corretas em primeiros-socorros como queimaduras, paradas cardiorrespiratórias, acidentes de trânsito e envenenamento por animais peçonhentos. O processo educativo promovido pelos extensionistas permitiu que a população tivesse acesso aos conteúdos, cujas aplicações práticas podem refletir benefícios nas situações de saúde e permitindo a desmistificação de crenças e práticas culturais que prejudiquem o prognóstico da vítima.

The scope of this study is to identify what empowerment strategies were addressed for the promotion of health in health research, characterizing them from a socio-critical and post-structuralist standpoint. It involved an Integrative Review conducted in May 2011 of the Medline, Lilacs and SciELO databases. The inclusion criteria were complete research articles, case reports or experience reports, published between 2002 and 2011 in Portuguese, Spanish and English. The research criteria included the key words "empowerment" and "health promotion" (DeCS/BIREME). Twenty articles, which presented strategies of individual and/or social empowerment that were characterized by a socio-critical perspective, were selected. It is considered that some activities, mainly those that included thematic discussion groups, represented a mobilization and empowerment strategy. These included theater, culture circles, community therapy, therapeutic learning workshops, home visits, university extension and social action projects. It is considered that all empowerment strategies are inherently health promotion strategies, but not all health promotion strategies effectively result in empowerment.

This article presents the results of a research conducted in order to identify the potential of the performance model of the Itinerant Caravan of Science and Technology of Alagoas, as a strategy for professional training, developed under a university extension project. A qualitative approach research was carried out, characterized as a case study, through the experience report. The reports of the 15 editions of the project (2005 to 2019), field diary entries, responses to the evaluation questionnaires applied to the participants, as well as personal historical files of the coordination. All reports were approved by the project's partner institutions and funders. For the organization and analysis of the data, the document analysis technique was used. The selected documents were systematized from the perspective of content analysis, in the thematic modality aiming to identify the importance of itinerancy for university extension and the scope of the action for professional training. The results show the trajectory of the S&T Caravan and the importance of itinerancy for university extension and professional training. The performance model favors the inseparability of teaching, research and extension by promoting scientific dissemination activities taking the knowledge produced at the university to communities with less access to education and more distant from urban centers. The action-reflection-action movement carried out by the members of the group "caravaneiros" benefits the professional formation, by developing skills and competences necessary to disseminate the knowledge produced. The extension experiences provide an opportunity to capture talents for science, favoring professional training, and the conversion of their participation into academic credits is salutary. The movement also stimulates scientific dissemination, contributing for the population to know and reflect about the relevance of science, technology, their applications and social, environmental and ethical implications, empowering participants to build their own knowledge.

The present study, characterized as an experience report in university extension, aims to describe the experience of members of the Academic League of Small Animal Internal Medicine – LACLIMPA, in the development of a veterinary social care project aimed at dogs owned by guardians in situations of socioeconomic vulnerability. Activities are carried out weekly at the veterinary teaching clinic of the State University of Bahia (UNEB), Campus IX, in the municipality of Barreiras, and are conducted by undergraduate students under the direct supervision of the faculty member responsible for the Small Animal Internal Medicine area. The project targets low-income communities, including guardians duly registered in the Unified Registry for Federal Government Social Programs (CadÚnico), ensuring greater equity and social targeting of the extension action. Clinical consultations, basic examinations, outpatient procedures, and guidance on vaccination, sanitary management, animal welfare, and responsible ownership are provided. In addition to expanding access to animal health care for vulnerable populations, the initiative contributes to the prevention of zoonoses and to the promotion of the One Health concept. From an academic perspective, the project enables students to develop technical and ethical competencies, integrating theory and practice in a real professional context. Thus, the social care provided by LACLIMPA constitutes an extension activity of social, academic, and educational relevance, strengthening the university tripod of teaching, research, and extension, while promoting animal welfare and the social responsibility of the veterinarian in training.

In 2018, the Ministry of Education implemented Resolution No. 7, which establishes guidelines for extension in Higher Education and makes it a part of the curriculum. This new model seeks to strengthen the social commitment of Higher Education Institutions by promoting social participation. At SENAI CIMATEC University, university extension was restructured with the creation of the Community Extension Center (NEC) in 2024. The NEC works to develop extension programs that incorporate the principles of Popular Education and Citizen Education, promoting social development and integrating teaching and research. To identify community needs, the NEC adopted the Territory Mapping tool, in which students conduct a sociocultural assessment of the location, understanding its physical, political, and cultural dimensions. The territory mapping was conducted by Mechanical Engineering and Data Science and Artificial Intelligence students between March and July 2025. This work aimed to report on the experience of the NEC team and the students, addressing the main stages of the mapping, student feedback, and the identification of potential projects. The first part of the mapping investigated basic infrastructure and environmental and cultural aspects. The second part addressed community participation, economic issues, security, and cultural manifestations. The most frequently identified cultural manifestations were music, dance, sports, graffiti, and crafts. Through their experience reports, the students demonstrated their involvement and knowledge of local realities. Territory mapping proved to be an effective tool for civic education, allowing students to connect with the realities of their communities and awakening the desire to develop relevant extension projects. The mapping results, including the identification of infrastructure, environmental risks, and cultural manifestations, will serve as a basis for future extension projects, strengthening the relationship between teaching, research, and extension, in line with the objectives of SENAI CIMATEC University.