WORK-BASED LEARNING PROGRAM: AN EXPERIENCE REPORT ON WORKERS’ TRAINING

• Main Authors: Maria de Lourdes Custódio Duarte, Anali Martegani Ferreira, Odete Messa Torres, Michele Bulhosa, Cleci Menezes Moreira
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2014-03-01
• Series: Cogitare Enfermagem
• Subjects: Health promotion; Education; Health; Health services; Nursing
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v19i1.35976

The present study aims to report the experience of students and lecturers on the Work-based Learning Program in the health services network in a municipality in the South of Brazil in 2012, focussing on actions of training of the Unified Health System workers. The program was participated in by students from the physiotherapy and nursing courses, who undertook actions so as to meet the needs of the services from the areas of Mental Health, Primary Care and General Hospital. The results converge on the need for training of the professionals of the network and for encouraging Continuous Education in Health Policy. It is concluded that the Program has importance for the teaching, service, management and community, bearing in mind the global perception of the benefits and results created in the care network in the municipality.