Self-extermination and professional training

Abstract

During academic training, suicide acquires significant expression and medical students are more susceptible to suicidal ideation and suicide itself. In this sense, the objective was to reflect on suicide among undergraduate medical students in Brazil. This is a descriptive study, with a critical-reflexive nature and a qualitative approach, which aims to unravel the theory of generation Z through the students of the Graduate School of Medicine in Brazil who commit or carry out attempts at self-extermination. As a result, the disagreement between what is lived in a virtual environment and the real one generates conflicts between members of generation Z. The listening process, when done properly, helps to improve people's mental health and should be considered and encouraged in university environments. However, we are faced with the unpreparedness of society to deal with students who are more susceptible to suicidal ideation. It is important to train health professionals, as well as the development of educational lectures and the construction of psycho-emotional support centers in higher education institutions, in order to prevent the act of suicide to medical students in Brazil.