Mock panels as an active teaching methodology in the education of nursing doctors.

OBJECTIVE To analyze the experience of doctorate students in the use of mock panels as an active methodology of teaching in Nursing post-graduation. METHOD Experience report on the use of mock panels in the discipline Advanced Methods for Researches in Health and Nursing II, offered in the doctorate course of the Nursing Post-graduate Program from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. RESULTS The mock panels contributed for the doctorate of nurses and enabled students to take on the role of protagonists in the teaching-learning process, through the use of critical thought and student autonomy. CONCLUSIONS This experience made it possible to implement an active teaching-learning methodology in Nursing post-graduation, since this strategy was opposite to the traditional education model.