Serviço e comunidade, vetores para a formação em saúde: o curso de medicina da Uniderp

This paper relates the planning, implantation and implementation process of the Inter-institutional Program for University-Health Service-Community Interaction (Pinesc), a partnership between the university, the city council of Campo Grande and the Local Health System aimed at producing a longitudinal curriculum module of community based education (CBE and Come), developed over eight semesters of the medical course of the Universidade para o Desenvolvimento do Estado e da Regiao do Pantanal (Uniderp, Anhanguera, MS, Brazil). This report tells the history of the implementation of the program, its strengths, difficulties and unforeseen developments besides approaching some operational aspects.