Monitoramento e avaliação de ações educativas em educação permanente em saúde

Abstract

Evaluations of Continuing Education in Health (EPS) are still incipient, unsystematic, unfocused, or nonexistent. The difficulties in establishing monitoring and evaluation strategies may be linked to the organizational structures of EPS proposals. This study aims to evaluate the educational processes developed at the Tocantins School of the Unified Health System (SUS) based on the Educational Processes Dimension Assessment Instrument proposed by the Continuing Education in Health Policy. A quantitative, retrospective documentary research was conducted, evaluating records of courses offered between 2019 and 2024. A method was proposed to calculate the adherence of Educational Projects to the Policy, which was named: Percentage of Adherence of Educational Processes to the National Policy on Continuing Education in Health. Documents from 16 Educational Actions were analyzed regarding their Characterization (6 topics) and the items foreseen in the Policy Assessment Instrument (11 topics). The percentage of participation shows a clear separation between performance levels, reflected in relevant quantitative differences for decision-making. The aim of this research is that the resulting output will be used as a critical, reflective, and ongoing formative product. During the development of an Educational Action, the following should be considered: 1) the Policy; 2) the needs of the services; and, in addition to the training and development of the worker, there should be a strengthening of teamwork and 3) a reorganization of the work process to better meet the health needs of the population.