出版社：Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
摘要：In this paper we present and discuss the characteristics of Appreciative Inquiry as a research methodology, utilizing an example from an integrated multi-professional residency program in Health in Brazil. Appreciative Inquiry is a methodology used to identify the best practices developed and utilized by people who work in the same institution. This methodology allows the participation and engagement of Health professionals in studies related to their area of work, potentially able to be used in several areas. In addition, Appreciative Inquiry promotes critical and reflexive debates among participants, establishing a space for the production of change. The Health professionals involved in our study considered relevant the goal of encouraging people to adopt a positive, constructive, and dialogical approach to propose institutional changes.
