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MAGALHAES, Larissa Cristina; BARBOSA DE CASTRO, Edna Aparecida; KNOPP RIBEIRO, Daniele  e  BARBOSA DE CASTRO FRIEDRICH, Denise. On-line data collection in qualitative research on Permanent Education in Health in Brazil: a methodological study. Rev. cuba. inf. cienc. salud [online]. 2022, vol.33  Epub 30-Jun-2022. ISSN 2307-2113.

The objective was to analyze the online data collection of a qualitative research on permanent education in health. A methodological study about the data collection with an open questions script, distributed online to 28 Superintendencies and/or Minas Gerais, Brazil state Regional Health Managements. The analysis of the answers from 40 workers who act in project and health programs management was done through Thematic Analysis. The focus was on the answer to the question about the experience of participating in a remote qualitative research, answering an online instrument. The data collection reached different professionals from different health regions of the state; it instigated them reflections around their service daily routine and allowed reaching the qualitative research goals, acquiring the analysis of managers point of view over the Permanent Education in Health and the limitations they faced when applying it in their management. Participants with Internet access and experience in handling information technologies found the experience of answering the research remotely to be fast and easy. Although answering open questions online demands time and rules out the researcher-participant face to face interaction, it allows distant participants to contribute with significant data collection to the analysis of questions about public politics in vast territorial extensions.

Palavras-chave : data collection; qualitative research; methodology; Internet access; education continuing.