Entrevista: Izabel dos Santos

Abstract

The history of Izabel dos Santos' life is inextricably intertwined with the history of the political struggle for the professional training of health workers. Throughout her life she took part in a large number of projects and programmes aiming at this type of training, including, among others, the Project Larga Escala, the Project Escola and the Project for the Professional Training of Workers in the Area of Nursing (Profae). As one of the co-founders of all these projects and programmes she fought for the development of a political will to create and implement public policies oriented to the training of health professionals, particularly those at the secondary level. In this interview, besides retracing the above-mentioned projects, Ms. dos Santos discusses the articulation between theory and practice, the value of work, the State's regulation of professional education in health and extra-mural education.