The aim of this study was to understand the perception of teachers who work in medical schools that use active methods of teaching / learning about the importance of management performance and sustainability of a Faculty Development Program (PDD). The subjects were 115 medical school teachers in a State University that work with Problem Based Learning (PBL) and Problematization and they have performed many of the roles proposed. The data collected used a questionnaire with statements related to the topic researched and assess the degree of agreement and / or disagreement systematized, classified, tabulated and displayed on graphs. For further research, we used semi-structured interviews, and the data was submitted to thematic analysis. The results indicate weaknesses of management regarding the sustainability of the PDD. Teachers point out that this program will only be effective if the management of the course ensure its sustainability, thereby assuming its importance, institutionalization, planning and support in the implementation and execution. They do not talk about the actions of the managers of this institution in PDD but they do emphasize the unpreparedness of the team, the consequences of this lack of preparation and assumes the need to prepare itself to assume the functions proposed by the active methods. They recognize the formative evaluation as an important management tool and also emphasize that it has not been used effectively. In exercising any of its activities, the manager is constantly an evaluator, therefore, it is believed that if the assessment was being used by managers as an formative instrument of the actors involved and the process of teaching / learning, this research would not have appeared so many weakness in the management, which might allow greater sustainability to the PDD. It is necessary, other studies to broaden this discussion, since it is a topic of great relevance and importance.
Management; Development faculty; Medical education; Problem based learning
