Introduction:

Research on international migration and their relationship with health-disease-care in Chile is currently relevant. This study was aimed to analyze comics made by medical students, in order to know the messages about health and migrations and the perception with respect to their use in education.

Subjects and methods:

Qualitative study that analyzed comics made by medical students from the University of Valparaíso, as a requisite to pass a course about intercultural health. The principles of photographic analysis were employed to describe and interpret the comics. Focus groups and content analysis were used to identify the perceptions with respect to the use of comics as a learning tool in the course. Participation was voluntary and anonymous.

Results:

Comics expressed a migrant reality personified in Haitian people. Language barriers, overcrowding, limited access to job and difficulties to obtain health care are characteristics expressed by the students. Although innovative, the use of comics as an assessment tool was initially resisted. It was perceived as promoting teamwork and humanization of medicine. It was also considered that comics could reflect the contents learned.

Conclusion:

The use of comics in medical students contributes to education in international migrations and health and to the humanization of medicine.

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