The authors describe the strategies used for establishing a research line in Education and Health in addition to the nine master's and doctorate programs already existing in the Medical School of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. The research line is centered on organizing the pedagogical activity as refers to the teaching and learning processes as well as on qualifying teachers for meeting the demands of multi-professional education. The Project aims at meeting, in the short run, the need for Curricular Guidelines in the undergraduate medical course; in the middle run at qualifying the teaching body for these subjects; and in the long run, at implementing a Graduate Program in Health and Education on master and PhD levels. The first group of students was selected in August 2004 and their studies are being conducted, both theoretically and practically, based on the analysis of experiences on Education and Health.
Education, Medical, Continuing; Education, Public Health Professional; Retraining, professional; Medical Education