Hunters of Joy Extension Project: An Experience Report

Amanda Lima Franco, Adalberto Bandeira Pinheiro Júnior, Alicia Pinheiro, Ana Carolina Maués de Souza, Ana Carolina Franco Menezes, Ana Clara Valente de Alencar, Anabelle Guedes Macedo, Ariane Rebelo Viana, Arthur Armindo Silveira Consul, Bárbara Ferreira Pereira, Bárbara Giuliana Mendonça Góes, Dayane Pricila Silva de Oliveira, Diego Teles Borges Leal, Giovanna May Nogami, Jully Jamile Ribeiro Dos Reis, Luiza Bastos Campos, Luiza Wanzeller Monteiro, ⁠Maria Eduarda Menezes Almeida, Maria Gabriela da Rocha Florêncio, Maria Gabriela Perdigão Barros Monteiro, Maria Karolina dos Santos Pinto Oliveira Alab, Maria Luiza da Silva Oliveira Costa, Mateus Augusto Cunha Soares, Matheus Silva Sales, Sheine Alves de Souza

Extension project. Clown therapy. Health Institution. Teacher. Preceptor. Extension.

Introduction: Demonstrate in a descriptive way an experience report in participating in the Caçadores da Alegria project from the point of view of a monitor, analyzing how it supported his academic training in a medical course, the contribution to the population served, as well as the performance of clown therapy, humanizing the doctor-patient relationship. Methodology: the procedure in writing the experience report had an observational descriptive process. Longitudinal data were collected orally from the 20 students approved in the selection process, describing their activities and quantifying the actions carried out through attendance and acceptance documents from the educational institution and hospital. Results: there were only positive points with the project, the contributions to building a realistic view of hospitalized patients, especially children, seeking to treat the person and not the disease. The contributions of the activities showed results such as learning humanized care for students, introducing clown therapy to hospitalized patients and experiencing the practice of theoretical activities. Building a smile as an escape from an environment full of sadness. However, the negative points of the research were the difficulties in finding hospitals that accepted the project, bureaucratic documentation required, acceptance time and slow processes in terms of document accuracy. Conclusion: regarding the objectives of the work, it demonstrates the need to apply extension activities in graduation, as a social role considering the demands of the population. The proposal of clown therapy is extremely important to escape problems as well as for students to appear more human.

Received: 21 Jan 2024, Receive in revised form: 05 Mar 2024, Accepted: 15 Mar 2024, Available online: 24 Mar 2024

10.22161/ijaers.113.3