Conceptual path of health promotion: Experience report

Objective: To report the experience of living with Nursing doctoral and master's students to generate reflections on concepts around health promotion. Method: Experience report with literature review on the concepts: Health promotion, self-determination, coping, resilience, self-care and domination. A question was generated for each concept and a drawing was elaborated, called "The path of self-knowledge for health promotion". Results: Personal experience was a determining starting point for the involvement of all and for deepening the debate. The participation of the postgraduate students was above expectations, being possible to generate reflections around six fundamental concepts of health promotion. Conclusion: The experience with Nursing doctoral and master's students and their reflections led to the opportunity to humanize the academic discussion around dense themes of health promotion.