Distance education as strategy for permanent education in health: possibilities and challenges

The point of this study is to reflect about how important Permanent Education in Health (PEH) is in the promotion of the changes process of professors of UEFS; to establish strategies to promote PEH and show the possibilities and challenges to the operate of DE as strategy to PEH. Bibliographical Revision Study: The result shows that PEH is one strategy to professional formation through colletive works between professors. As possibility: DE makes possible a new style in formation construction. Challenges: Knowledge need to use new technologies of information and communication; difficulty of access to these technologies; scarcity of time to develop the course activities. We learn that DE have a new perspective to PEH.