Permanent Education in Health in the formation of the Brazilian Network of Public Health Schools

ABSTRACT This article presents the report of the conception and implementation of specialization courses in public health in ten public educational institutions that integrate the Brazilian Network of Public Health Schools (RedEscola). This initiative, innovative due to its educational methodology, was based on the principles and guidelines of Permanent Education in Health, having the valuation of work as a pedagogical axis, the territorial action, and the use of active methodologies in the teaching-learning-process.