Description of the Permanent Continuing Education Seminars of the Health Education System for Well-being

Between 2020 and 2023, the Health Education System for Well-being (SiESABI) implemented eleven Permanent Continuing Education Seminars (SPEC) with the aim of supporting the adoption of a healthcare model based on Primary Health Care (PHC).

To describe the SPEC, document their scope, identify areas of opportunity, and plan their transfer to the health sector.

A total of 248,994 records from SiESABI were analyzed, including demographic, employment, attendance, and qualification variables.

SPEC covered 254 sessions on health research, nursing, PHC, mental health, medicine and health, quality and safety, nutrition, oral health, health teaching, COVID-19, and healthy aging. Nearly 250,000 attendances, mostly by women (69.5%), young individuals (32, Q1 = 27, Q3 = 40 years), with a bachelor's degree (61.2%), working in nursing (55.6%), and in the medical field (18.8%). Almost half (48.6%) of the attendees worked in the first level of care (34.7%) for INSABI or SSA (36.1%). Most frequent places of residence were Oaxaca (14.6%) and the State of Mexico (13.7%). Median attendance per session was 789.5 (Q1 = 567.4, Q3 = 1148.5). Attendance in the first month (599.8 ± 217.5) nearly halves in the second month (389.9 ± 218.0), becoming occasional from the sixth month onwards.

SPEC offered by SiESABI have established as a mass education strategy for healthcare personnel. Strengthening mandatory subscription and increasing local participation is recommended, along with improving the identification of training needs, monitoring coverage, and evaluating performance and health outcomes of educational interventions.