This study analyzed the results achieved by students from a proposal for teacher education at lato sensu postgraduate level, raising issues and tensions observed. This was a survey concluded in 2012, in the state of São Paulo, relating to 744 teachers in the field of professional healthcare education, who were also students in a proposal for inservice education that was developed in collaboration with six higher education institutions. The assessment brought together a significant set of data and information from direct observation, interviews and focus groups, in addition to application of questionnaires and analysis on course conclusion papers from program participants, which certainly brought contributions to the field. In general, the results point towards some difficulty on the part of student-teachers in overcoming unilateral views regarding the reality within which they act as teachers and workers in the healthcare sector.
Teaching; Teacher education in health; Assessment
