Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: MARIA CLARA WANDERLEY CAVALCANTE

PERMANENT EDUCATION IN THE SEMI-ARID NORTHEAST: CHALLENGES AND POTENTIALITIES

Permanent Education; Integration Teaching service; Health Management

The Permanent Education Centers (NEPS) are characterized as an organizational strategy for carrying out educational actions to qualify work processes in the SUS. Using the NEPS, it is possible to institutionalize coordination with educational institutions, identify and develop professional qualification activities, empower professionals to identify that work is, in itself, formative and encourage discussions about public health policies and their management . The present study aims to analyze the process of establishing the Center for Permanent Education and Community Teaching Service Integration (NEP-IESC). The investigation brings a qualitative approach of an exploratory-descriptive nature, structured based on action research. During the process of living-acting-reflecting, elements categorized into three meaning cores were observed: i) Fragilities and Tension; ii) Potentials and Needs; iii) Plans and Notes. In addition to the procedural analysis of the phenomena emerging from these centers, we identified the need to create an Operational Guide for the implementation of the NEP-IESC. We hope that this guiding instrument will be incorporated by the Caicó Municipal Health Department with the fundamental intention of strengthening Teaching-Service-Community integration and professional qualification.