Introduction:

training courses in health provide technical and scientific updating, work construction in team and communication between professionals. However many courses are not effective because of the use of knowledge transfer methodologies.

Objective:

To identify the effects of an educational activity at work after 120 days of activity.

Methods:

A qualitative study uses as a methodological strategy to action research. It was developed with 86 professionals of Primary Health Care in the city of Uberaba, MG, Brazil, who participated in a training on the subject of health education groups with seniors. Data were collected between the months of October 2014 and January 2015 through a semi-structured questionnaire and analyzed by the Collective Subject Discourse method.

Results:

Among the participants there was a predominance of women (89.5 %), aged between 37-50 years (54.6 %), most nurses (29.1 %). Almost all (95.3 %) of the participants reported being involved in a health education group, and as contributor (54.9 %) or coordinator (45.1 %). After 120 days of training was observed in speeches a reinterpretation of the groups and diversification in the resources used, realization of the groups with more knowledge and security, as well as increased respect for the elderly.

Conclusion:

continuing education held dialogic and participatory manner, considering the professional work context, opens the way for the construction of a special attention to the elderly, based on respect for these people and trust that a focused educational work in promoting health can be achieved.

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