This article aims to discuss the ramifications of the process of training of facilitators and materializing Permanent Education in Health (PEH) 'rounds' in health services units in Vitória, state of Espírito Santo, the scenario which was selected to map several PEH experiments already underway in the country. It adopts the methodological assumptions suggested by mapping to produce and analyze data, using various strategies such as participant observation and individual and collective interviews with professionals and users. It was noted that the PEH expression encompasses several concepts: movement that places the work under review in order to define local priorities that drive the reorganization of the health production spaces; strategy to train health professionals in a constant process of subjectification, a management strategy, as it enables management to be reorganized based on the questioning of the work. It singled out 59 PEH Rounds spread among 25 health services, with the presence of two facilitators in each. It concludes that, in this scenario, the various conceptions competed for space and produced effects that were particularly noticeable in changing the way the professionals perceive the educational process and its interaction with daily work.
education; health; human resources; public policies