Tutoria como metodologia de Ensino a Distância (EaD): relato de experiência na qualificação para a Atenção Básica

Abstract

Introduction: the More Doctors Program (PMM) inserted professionals from different nationalities in the Unique Health System (SUS), what demanded that the necessity of the permanent education in the different sceneries of the country, so that distance education proved to be a accessible tool for individuals from different locations. Methods: this is an experience report on tutoring at the Open University of SUS (UNASUS) along with the Specialization Course in Primary Health Care for physicians enrolled in the PMM and the Program for the Enhancement of Primary Care Professionals (PROVAB). The course lasted twelve months, with a workload of 390 hours. Each tutor was responsible for a class consisting in approximately 40 students. Results: tutoring, in distance education, contributes to student and teacher training, as it is anchored in the development of the criticalreflective process as a teaching method; it allows to face challenges found in distance education and contributes to the resolution of Primary Care. Conclusion: distance education enables the sharing of information in an equitable and universal way. It is necessary to foster critical and reflective learning through new and comprehensive teaching practices that make it possible to break geographic and paradigmatic barriers in the field of health education with a view to qualifying SUS and improving access and resolvability in health care.