RETS - Rede Internacional de Educação de Técnicos em Saúde

The development of mechanisms that facilitate the production and dissemination of information among members of RETS, encouraging the sharing of knowledge and studies, is one of the major strategies for strengthening the area of training for health technicians.

Since its creation, one of the goals of RETS is to contribute to the consolidation of its member institutions through the promotion of link between them and the subsequent expansion of the exchange of experiences in the areas of teaching, research and technical cooperation. In this sense, the RETS website, which will soon be inaugurated, and the publication of this magazine have a fundamental role.

With the aim of increasingly enhancing these products, empowering its usages, we introduce, as of this edition of the magazine, some novelties. The first is the propagation, wherever possible, of .Read More.,with the relationship of the sources used for the writing of the materials, so that our readers can further deepen their knowledge of the subjects considered. The second, still in its infancy, is the collaborative work with communications professionals from partner institutions, be it in the transmission of news, the suggestion of guidelines that reflect needs and interests related to the education of technicians, or the support of journalistic investigation in the target locations.

Finally, it is worthy of note that in this second issue of RETS we strive to include older experiences, such as those from the Polytechnic Schools of Health in Cuba, or more current ones, such as the courses in health technologies implemented in Costa Rica, Uruguay and Portugal, by considering that these trajectories may be useful to efforts developed by other countries. Also worthy of note is the interview with the director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Mirta Roses Periago, in which she addresses important issues related to the training and work of health technicians in the Americas and other regions.

We hope that this initiative will bring RETS members even closer together, encouraging a more active participation in the development of future editions of the magazine, even in the form of critiques and suggestions which may enrich our efforts.

Happy reading!

RETS Executive Secretariat