Abstract
The creation of services to replace asylums has brought numerous challenges, including the training of its workers. Faced with this challenge, it was necessary training in the services themselves. The present study seeks to understand this phenomenon, from the trajectory of Mental Health workers in the city of Betim, Minas Gerais. The methodological framework was based on qualitative research guided by dialectical hermeneutics. The data collection instruments were narrative interviews and focus group. We understand that workers learned to work in psychosocial care within their own services, from the multiprofessional team and the following devices: meetings, forums, workshops. They were active actors, promoting seminars and various meetings; as well as having, at times, clinical and institutional supervision. The teaching-service integration also favored the permanent education of the workers. However, in recent years there have been difficulties in sustaining such training.
Keywords:
permanent health education; mental health; qualitative research