ABSTRACT
Objective:
to analyze the perceptions of professors, students and service professionals of primary health care, regarding their experiences in the Reorientation Program for Professional Training in Health in the Nursing Courses.
Method:
this is a qualitative research, in the form of a case study. The scenarios consisted of five nursing courses in higher education institutions, in the state of Santa Catarina. Twenty-two teachers and fourteen Primary Health Care professionals were interviewed. In order to understand the students' perception five focus groups were developed.
Results:
are presented from three general categories called: Pró-Saúde: evaluations about the experiences, Pró-Saúde - considerations about the advances and Pró-Saúde - considerations about the challenges.
Conclusion:
there are positive advances motivated by the Program throughout a contextual movement by an articulated, reflexive and critical training to the reality of health. However, there are challenges to reduce the gaps between services and training objectives.
DESCRIPTORS:
Nursing education research. Education; nursing; diploma programs. Nursing. Education nursing. Nursing staff.