Educational workshop with adolescents on leprosy: case report

ABSTRACT Objective: To report the experience of professors and students in the development and implementation of an educational workshop on leprosy with adolescents. Method: This is a case report from actions contained in a university extension project. Results: The workshop program was elaborated with duration of two hours, including five dynamic techniques adapted to the topic: adjective, face, traffic light, true or false and mosaic. It was verified that the construction of knowledge in light of the verbalization of the adolescents and the interest in working in the society they live through sharing this knowledge, especially those who were more involved in the process. Conclusion: It was concluded that the applied workshops enabled building knowledge and demystifying myths and stigmas socially constructed to adolescents, as well as allowed Nursing students to experience educational interventions on leprosy with adolescents.