ABSTRACT
In this article, the support function performed by mentoring in the context of a Municipal Health System was discussed. It is a case study anchored in a qualitative epistemology. It has as scenery a municipality of the northeastern semi-arid region. The data presented come from documents and in-depth interviews conducted with workers who perform the mentoring function. The data analysis benchmark was content analysis. The historical construction of the role of the tutor, his conceptions, attributions and contributions reveal that this worker has exercised the support function, moving from institutional support to pedagogical support, promoting a complex synthesis, that articulates these two dimensions of support.
KEYWORDS
Mentoring; Preceptorship; Learning; Health education