Abstract
Objective: Report the experience of applying a pedagogical strategy for the first periods of medical education in health services focusing on the humanization of care with pregnant women. Experience report: this strategy was applied to two groups of undergraduate medical students from a public university in Rio de Janeiro in 2018. In practice, the students experienced four moments that allowed broadening the reflections on humanization, namely: medical appointment; home visit; educational groups and maternity visit. All observations regarding the moments experienced by the participants were recorded in the first author's research journal. The use of the diary was based on the assumptions of Institutional Analysis, which considers the diary as a data collection instrument, allowing the analysis of the participants' personal and professional implications with medical training and humanization of care. Final considerations: as potentialities of this experience, we highlight the opportunity for students to experience and reflect on different ways of caring based on the principles of humanization. The main challenge lies in changing the attitude of professionals and educators, in their teaching practices, for the training of future professionals.