Characteristics of work in primary care identified in the collective exercise of application of the SWOT matrix

OBJECTIVE: to understand how variables strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats make it possible to characterize work in Primary Health Care, to collectively propose strategies for systematizing this process with Family Health teams. METHODS: methodological research, with 23 participants in direct relationship with Primary Care, including representatives of segments: care (work), management and social control. In one of the three pedagogical meetings, the SWOT matrix was used as a tool for organizational work planning. RESULTS: applying the matrix resulted in the following thematic categories: Teamwork and regulations: key elements for interprofessionality at work; Continuing Health Education: path to autonomy and participatory management (co-management). FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: the study promoted the systematization of teams’ work, through the mobilization of sectors and distribution of tasks, involving professionals in the co-management of the process.