ABSTRACT: The study is characterized as an experience report of a pair of the academic degree course in Nursing, School of Nursing, and Federal University of Mato Grosso. The objective was to promote a reflection about the importance of continuing education for community health agents working in the Family Health Program in Cuiabá-MT. We used a round of conversation as a means to understand the dynamics of the work of professionals. ACS participated in five. Experience has shown the need to reinforce some basic concepts for the correct supply of the Information System of Primary Care and to the profession in the community. The contact with the academic work environment led to the understanding of the involvement of nursing in the planning and execution of specific thematic and sequential, considered relevant to the expansion of knowledge of those who contribute significantly to the health of the community. The concluding remarks point out that lifelong learning is an effective me