This case report discusses the successful implementation and integration of the health research course conducted by Pró-Saúde in the Educational Program for Health Work (PET-Saúde). Participants in the course included tutors, preceptors, and students of medicine, nursing, physical education, physical therapy, nutrition, psychology, and social work at the Chapecó Regional Community University. The experience resulted in the development of 18 research projects in PET-Saúde in the municipality of Chapecó, Santa Catarina State, in the year 2009. The article concludes that this experience reiterates the Pró-Saúde initiative to motivate not only academia, but also frontline health professionals, to conduct scientific research capable of producing essential knowledge for intervening in health reality.
pet-health; pro-health; research