This article discusses the theoretical and conceptual premises that serve as guidelines for the program of the Joaquim Venâncio Polytechnic Health School course on Professional Education on Administration of Health Services. The article simultaneously describes how the administration of health services was assembled, seeking to identify the knowledge required of technicians in administration of health services, and debates the configuration that was designed for professional education since the promulgation of the Lei de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação (Education Guidelines and Principles Act), of 1996. In the end, the article proposes the creation of a sequential course comprised of crossing axes which seek to train independent professionals that comply with the proposed changes, especially those regarding decentralization, regionalization and democratization in health administration.
administration in health; professional education; secondary school
