Throughout the development of Brazilian public health system, considerable educational investments have been made in this sector. However, healthcare managers and workers find that the investments in educational programs have not led to changes in healthcare practices. Assuming that education can be a tool for change, this article suggests that teaching practices should provide guidance for those involved in providing care. Thus, they should take into account not only cognition, but subjective elements as well. This paper discloses Brazilian public health system management and its continuing education flows, establishing the focus of micromanagement for thinking about the context in which the many healthcare production settings are based, treating them as pedagogic production units where it would be possible to carry out educational methodologies linked to a general ideal of continuing healthcare education.
Healthcare; Continuing education; Health management; Subjectivity; Health systems