Having as an object of study the educational practice - teaching and evaluation - as carried out in the Estágio Rural Integrado of the Federal University of Paraíba, the researchers discuss the relevance of knowledge concerning this educational practice and consider the possibility of implementing processes of teaching and evaluation that may operate transformations. In order to reach this goal, their study is supported by the Competence pedagogical approach. They propose this approach and the methodology underlying TIPESC - Theory of Nursing Practical Intervention in Collective Health - as guiding lines for the processes of the formation and training of health professionals, particularly those in the area of nursing. This aims for the development of critical and reflexive personnel that may respond to the requirements of the Sistema Único de Saúde.
Nursing education research; Health personnel; Educational measurement; Teacher