Continuing Health Education is a strategy in Brazil that uses problems in healthcare practice as the object of reflection by health teams. To deal with the lack of conceptual and operational command over Continuing Health Education, a course was proposed for facilitators in continuing education. The course was conducted in Londrina, Paraná State, in which 14 physicians participated. In order to analyze their opinions of the course and its repercussions on their work and healthcare practice, the 11 physicians that finished the course were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. The analysis involved tabulation of the closed questions, and the content of the open questions was- Permanent Healthcare Education. analyzed using thematic analysis. According to these physicians, Continuing Health Education con- Health Work. sists of the following: reflection on daily problems, teamwork, and meaningful learning. Important changes fostered by the course included: expansion of the links between healthcare professionals, democratization of management, grasp of information systems, expansion of analytical capacity, and improvement of healthcare practice. The facilities and difficulties pertained mainly to a firm infrastructure (physical space, time, material, and support), but participants also highlighted issues related to teamwork, like motivation, interest, and participation.
Medical Education; Health Education; Training; Human Resources; Permanent Healthcare Education; Health Work
