DIDACTIC GAMES AS A PEDAGOGIC TOOL FOR PERMANENT HEALTH EDU-CATION IN PRIMARY CARE

Abstract

The objective is to report the experience of residents in Family and Community Health at the School of Public Health of Ceará in the use of didactic games for the teaching-learning process about immunization applied to health professionals who make up the teams of the Family Health Strategy of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceará. This is a qualitative study, of the experience report type, applying two types of games, board and puzzle, through training in the form of a practical workshop, with an average duration of six hours each, from May to October 2022. The sample consisted of 178 health profession-als, most of whom were female and had a high school level. This teaching method ob-tained positive results, constituting a tool that awakens the attention and active participa-tion of the subjects through entertainment, enabling a more effective learning when com-pared to the traditional expository teaching method.