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A proposal of continuing health education to update health team professionals in diabetes mellitus

The objective of the study was to report the experience of Continuing Health Education to update the health team of a Health Center about comprehensive and humanized care to individuals with type 2 diabetes. The methodology used to train the health teams was Continuing Health Education by means of educational workshops in diabetes focused on the problem-posing of the professional and educational process. Hence, it was sought to design a program for education in diabetes with a view to changing and reorienting the practice of the health team. Continuing Education helped to integrate the individuals, strengthened the professional commitment and developed the group awareness. The experience of including education in the everyday activities of the health teams helped to improve the integration among university, service and community, thus favoring the process of planning and organizing the educational program, valuing interdisciplinarity.

Health education; Diabetes melittus; Nursing; Patient care team


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