Ongoing training in the development of nursing teacher skills. / A formação contínua no desenvolvimento de competências do professor de enfermagem.

OBJECTIVE: To acknowledge the importance given to continuous training in the development of professor skills. METHOD: A qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study involving fifteen (15) career professors, selected intentionally, from the scientific nursing area of two public higher education institutions in Portugal. Data were collected using the discussion groups technique and analyzed using the content analysis technique. This process was submitted to the evaluation of two experts, resulting in agreement coefficients, which offer guarantees regarding the inferences and the categorization process. RESULTS: The professional development of the professor arose (category), involving two indicators: learning and the professional knowledge and skills development. CONCLUSIONS: The data obtained shows that continuous training is determinant in the professional development of these professors, through learning and professional knowledge and in the development of skills.