Educação interprofissional e extensão universitária: conexões, conceitos-chave e diretrizes para a educação superior em saúde.

The main objective was to highlight elements that constitute support for the installation and strengthening of Interprofessional Education (IPE) in health from educational situations of University Extension (UE). To this end, we sought to reveal connections and identify Freire's key concepts that favor the intended articulation (between EIP and EU) to then systematize guidelines that promote the materialization of this articulation. This is a qualitative documental study with a Freirean framework that uses reference documents from IPE and UE as data sources. From the thematic analysis, connections between IPE-UE emerged: values for IPE and UE − ethics and respect to the knowledge diversity; user-centered, community-oriented collaborative teamwork; problem-solving training in a real context. From these connections, Freirean key concepts were identified: human being, dialogue and awareness. Finally, guidelines were proposed for a unique pedagogical process that articulates IPE and UE in higher education in health. It is concluded that the UE constitutes a strategic space for the IPE perspective, with the potential to promote an important qualitative leap in professional training for the consolidation of the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]