[Autonomy of nursing undergraduate student in the (re)construction of knowledge mediated by problem-based learning].

This is a qualitative study, using the 'Do it yourself' method, which aimed to analyze how Problem-Based Learning (PBL) promotes the development of learner's autonomy in the process of learning to learn. The subjects were 16 students and two tutors involved in the discipline. Data collection techniques combined semi-structured interviews, participant observation, log in portfolios, evaluation forms, and audio recording of the tutorials.