THE DISTANCE EDUCATION TO PROMOTE CONTINUOUS LEARNING OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: REVIEW

Abstract

The results of many articles and researches showed thatemploymenthavean importantrolefor continuous learning. The main factors that made possible this continuous education were:the technology information advanced and distance education flexibilities.Theevolutionofon-line continuing education helps the health care professionals development manyfundamental learning skillsas self-assessment and self-criticism.Therefore, this articlesobjective is to identify howpublic policiescould promote continuous learning of healthprofessionals through distance education(DE)and the contributions of this education formatfor transformationhealth activities.In conclusion, the results were that distance education(DE) was an important strategy for permanent education, because(DE)developments goodskills of learning and breaksterritories barriers. Wherefore, distance education became aneffective learning format

Keywords

• Distance Education
• Public Policies
• Continuous Education