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"Communication and Education Skills for Health" includes an understanding of nursing as a human relation client - nurse to identify and respond to the need of help, developing communication as the main instrument for the provision of care. To achieve competence in this subject during the academic course 2009-10, we developed an active methodology based in meaningful learning. The evaluation was made through practical demonstration of the acquisition of skills in verbal and nonverbal communication through drama techniques (rol-playing) evaluated by teachers and supplemented by a peer review. This system was a challenge for both students and teachers. In order to know: the agreement of students with this method of learning and assessment, the agreement of results between teacher and student's assessments and the level of achievement of learning objectives in the unit "Helping Relationship and Communication", we designed a descriptive study with 95 students. The results showed the satisfaction of the students, the lack of consistency in the evaluations of teachers and students (coinciding with other studies) and demonstrated the effectiveness of this methodology to acquire specific skills in communication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]