ABSTRACT A 2-year-old female patient, admitted in the emergency room, presented diarrhea for 5 days and bloody stools in the last 24 hours. Physical examination revealed no significant findings. Ultrasound was initially performed, showing an elongated, well delimited and solid mass occupying since right hypocondrium until left iliac fossa, displacing adjacent structures. In sequence, magnetic resonance imaging was performed for confirmation of findings suggestive of omentum lipoma. After 1 week, the surgical resection was performed by videolaparoscopic acess. During 2-year follow-up, there was no sign of recurrence.

O curso de Medicina incorpora a transversalidade das disciplinas da saúde coletiva (Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Epidemiologia, Planejamento, Gestão e Avaliação dos Serviços e Programas de Saúde). Objetiva-se avaliar a formação do aluno de Medicina ante as disciplinas da saúde coletiva, descrever a integração das atividades desenvolvidas e analisar a importância dessas disciplinas segundo os discentes. Este é um estudo descritivo com abordagem quantitativa, realizado na Universidade Estadual do Ceará e em unidades de saúde conveniadas ao curso de Medicina da Uece. A amostra compôs-se por 129 alunos do curso de Medicina. Utilizou-se um questionário com a maioria das questões fechadas. A análise dos dados foi processada com o programa estatístico SPSS 16.0 para Windows, de forma descritiva e com medidas paramétricas, envolvendo média e desvio-padrão. A maioria dos estudantes (67,1%) ressaltou a relevância das disciplinas da saúde coletiva no seu curso e as conceituou entre bastante importantes e muito importantes. Conclui-se que os estudantes consideram essencial a inserção das disciplinas no curso. Segundo revelado, a saúde coletiva é percebida como uma ferramenta fundamental no seu processo de construção do conhecimento.

Medical schools incorporate various crosscutting disciplines from collective health (social and human sciences, epidemiology, planning, and management and evaluation of health services and programs). This article aims to evaluate undergraduate medical training in relation to course subjects in collective (or public) health, describe the integration of the related activities, and analyze the importance of these disciplines from the students' perspective. This was a descriptive study with a quantitative approach at the State University of Ceará, Brazil, in health units operating in collaboration with the school of medicine. The sample consisted of 129 undergraduate medical students. A questionnaire was used, mainly with closed questions. Data analysis was performed with SPSS 16.0 for Windows, both descriptively and parametrically, involving means and standard deviations. The majority of the students (67.1%) highlighted the relevance of disciplines in collective health during their course of study, classifying them as important or very important. The study concluded that the students consider the inclusion of such disciplines essential. Thus, collective or public health is perceived as a fundamental tool in the undergraduate knowledge-building process.