PURPOSE: to check the opinion from community health agents about the use of videoconference as instructional tool in children hearing health program training. METHODS: the group was made up by 50 community health agents divided randomly in two groups, with the following sample: 31 community health agents by face-to-face instruction and 19, by videoconference. The training was provided in eight hours, through classes and a textbook translated and adapted into the Brazilian Portuguese language proposed by World Health Organization, in both groups, simultaneously. In order to investigate the opinion about the use of videoconference as instructional tool in training program, a questionnaire was done and applied, in both group, after the course. RESULTS: the videoconference quality evaluation , compared by face-to-face instruction, in the opinion of health care professionals was similar, and was considered easy and interactive. CONCLUSION: the videoconference was a valid and accepted learning tool to be adopted in training programs for community health agents.
Videoconferencing; Training; Family Health; Hearing Loss
