Abstract

MOREIRA, Janine; DAMIANI, Ana Paula Macan  and  SCUSSEL, Caroline. Continuing health education in the family health strategy: reflections from the viewpoint of existentialism and education for liberation. Revista da FAEEBA: Educação e Contemporaneidade [online]. 2017, vol.26, n.50, pp.255-272. ISSN 0104-7043.  https://doi.org/10.21879/faeeba2358-0194.v26.n50.255272.

The present article discusses the continuing education of health professionals of the Family Health Strategy (FHS), based on the understanding of continuing education by Emerson Elias Merhy, Laura Feuerwerker and Ricardo Ceccim, the philosophical/ psychological existentialist conception by Jean-Paul Sartre, and the education for liberation theory by Paulo Freire. The article addresses the following question: to what extent in-service training of the FHS health professionals enables their viability as critical people, authors of their practices in their work process? Empirical data was generated in a qualitative research, through the use of semi-structured interviews with nine nurses and 17 nursing technicians working in 10 FHS located in Criciúma, a city situated in the south of Santa Catarina. The training offered is limited, with issues selected in order to face daily problems or to facilitate the attainment of specific goals. There is room for discussion, but as an expression of doubt and exchange of experiences only, without critical reflection regarding the everyday work. Besides, the business logic that invades the field of public health is not confronted. This training does not accomplish the formation of critical people and seems to characterize a continuing education marked by banking aspects and alienation.

Keywords : Permanent Health Education; Family Health Strategy; Freedom; Education for Liberation.

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