Author(s)

Monica Motta Lino^*, Felipa Rafaela Amadigi, Jean Carlos Müller da Silva Bizarro^#, Eloisa Cesa Zuanazzi^#, Luiza Sheyla Evenni Porfírio Will Castro^#, Murielk Motta Lino

Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Educational Technologies in Health, Department of Nursing, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.

Objective: The main objective of this study was to understand how the pandemic influenced Continuing Education in Workers’ Health in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This study was performed using a qualitative exploratory and descriptive research. We analyzed the content of semi-structured interviews that were carried out with the worker’s health team of a big company. Results: The results were categorized and three categories emerged: Organization of Continuing Education before the pandemic; Changes in Continuing Education resulting from the pandemic; and Long-term implications for Continuing Education in the face of the pandemic. Conclusion: So, with the large impact of COVID-19 we conclude that Permanent Health Education moved from a face-to-face model to e-learning; from professional topics to issues related to the pandemic. The knowledge in technology area was renewed to maintain communication in times of social distance. It is necessary to strengthen return-to-work policies, which highlight the quality of life and the impacts on workers’ mental health, inserting consistent and significant educational policies and mechanisms of confrontation (coping).

E-Learning, Health Education, Nursing, Pandemic, Worker’s Health

Lino, M. , Amadigi, F. , da Silva Bizarro, J. , Zuanazzi, E. , Castro, L. and Lino, M. (2022) Transitions of Permanent Education in Health Professionals in the Face of COVID-19 Pandemic. Creative Education, 13, 2038-2050. doi: 10.4236/ce.2022.136126.