Experience, knowledge production and health education

This paper presents partial research results relating to an experience of interprofessional training for healthcare work implemented at the Baixada Santista campus of UNIFESP, in Santos, SP, Brazil. The teaching strategies for this line of study had the goal of exposing students to continuing healthcare intervention experiences, from the first undergraduate year onwards, thus enabling critical thinking with regard to the dimensions involved in healthcare work. The aims of this study were to systematize, analyze and establish strategies for following up this training. Different data gathering tools were used, such as focus groups and semi-structured interviews, and the analyses were presented to and discussed with the subjects involved. This article addresses issues relating to the topic of experience and knowledge production. The results indicate that the training contributed towards constructing a modus operandi for future professionals that takes into consideration the complexity of the health-illness-care process.