Educação permanente: instrumento para gestão em saúde no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS)

Objective: to discuss the role of Continuing Education in Health as a tool for health management within the Unified HealthSystem. Method: this is a literature review study, using the Scientific Electronic Library Online as a data source (SciELO), among the inclusion criteria: scientific articles in full text, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, published in the period between 2010-2020. However, scientific articles that escaped the proposed theme were excluded, thus 13 articles were included in the study. Results: Continuing education is capable of providing collective agreements, strategic actions in health, protagonism, transformation of care, management and social control practices and the production of public policies based on SUS principles and guidelines. Conclusion: conceptual changes in the scope of health education are still a challenge for both managers and professionals, therefore, it is necessary to know and encourage the implementation of continuing education in health, especially within the scope of the Unified Health System.