Abstract
Objective: to report the experience of the medical school undergraduate students attending the third semester, about performing the visual acuity test, using the Snellen Optometric Scale, in school-aged children in a specific neighborhood. Experience Report: This is an activity-based experience report (visual acuity test) developed in the module of the Integration Program for Teaching and Family Health. The test was carried out in May 2019, during the school shift period, of 19 school-aged children aged 8 to 11 years old, from an educational institution for socially vulnerable children, in the suburbs of a city located in countryside of the São Paulo State. The test was conducted and interpreted by medical undergraduate students, supervised by the professor responsible for the module, in one of the institution's classrooms. Final Considerations: The practice allowed the students involved to experience the reality faced by several professionals from the public health system, as well as teamwork when it was possible to involve professors and undergraduate students of the medical , professors and directors of the educational institution and coordination of the Basic Health Unity of the specific neighborhood in question, in addition to enabling the improvement of the theory-practice relationship, contributing to academic enrichment.