The Doctoral Program in Brazil, with the Internship Abroad known as the Sandwich Ph.D., aims to contribute to exchanges of graduate courses in the country with counterparts abroad. The objective of this article was to report the lived experience during an internship in Norway, in hospital units, microbiology laboratories, federal agencies and health services in Oslo and the metropolitan region. Activities were developed for epidemiological surveillance, laboratory techniques for identification and molecular typing of Staphylococcus aureus, and public and institutional policies for prevention and control of these bacteria, when multiresistant. The Sandwich stage in addition to supporting and strengthening the analysis of project data of the thesis, permitted the reflection on the importance of established public policies and guidelines, and conditions provided for prevention and control of diseases, and health and welfare of the person as values of the state.
Staphylococcus aureus; Methicillin resistance; Health postgraduate programs; Internships; Norway