Abstract
Objective: To analyze, from the student's perspective, the teaching of the discipline health management through active methodologies in a medical school in the southern region of Maranhão. Methods: Observational, cross-sectional and retrospective study with 54 final-year medical students. A questionnaire with questions grouped into domains was used: course objectives, methodology used, identification of problems in the health system, medical education, physical structure of practice scenarios and student self-assessment. The data obtained was analyzed using the R software (R Core Team, 2019) version 3.5.3. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee. Results: 83.3% are between 20 and 29 years old; 55.6% white; 55.6% female. Correlating the student's self-assessment with aspects of the discipline's methodology, there was statistical significance in the aspects: discipline objectives were informed (p <0.001), discipline objectives were achieved (p <0.001), contents were satisfactory (p = 0.027), came to know SUS as they had not known before (p = 0.0042). Conclusion: The use of active methodologies proposed by the changes in curriculum guidelines resulted in a learning process more dynamic and critical.