The perspective of graduates and other stakeholders on a training on pharmaceutical services in primary health care

Abstract

The objective was to analyze the contributions of the course on Primary Health Care Services offered in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, especially regarding strengths and weaknesses for professional practices and work management, considering the perspective of graduates and other stakeholders. Data were obtained between 12/11/2020 and 01/29/2021 from focus group meetings and electronic questionnaires containing self-reported structured and semi-structured questions, answered by 109 (33,2%) graduates. Strengths were identified, such as ‘expanded knowledge’ and ‘improved professional performance and/or conduct’, as well as weaknesses, such as the workload. Although with a low hourly workload and under the challenge of making continuing education activity compatible with the workload, it can be concluded that the course managed to promote the development of competencies in its aspects of being, knowing and doing.