Abstract
Objective: Describe the knowledge and experience of an internship in a nephrology clinic and intimate contact with chronic kidney disease. Experience report: Based on a visit to a Nephrology Clinic, which an activity was developed with 16 medical students, through a practical internship supervised by a nephrologist working at the clinic in question, in order to understand the practical functioning of a reference center in dialysis, as well as to expand the knowledge of the nephrology specialty. Final considerations: Participation in the extracurricular internship showed that population aging and the increase in individuals with risk factors over the years have become fundamental for training, as well as for the development of numerous medical skills aimed at chronic diseases and their consequences, in addition to the notoriety of the profound changes in the quality of life of individuals. Confirming the extreme need to understand the practical functioning of a dialysis reference center, in order to adopt better behaviors in the near future, in addition to providing a better understanding of the biopsychosocial aspects of patients with chronic diseases.