Potential of multiprofessional residency on family healthcare: The view of healthcare workers

Abstract

To consolidate the proposal of multiprofessional residency for family healthcare (MRFH), participation by healthcare professionals working in this service becomes essential. Thus, the objective of this study was to reveal healthcare workers’ perceptions about the potential for inserting MRFH in family healthcare units (FHUs). This was a qualitative study, conducted among 25 workers at FHUs covered by MRFH. The discourse revealed that the actions of residents at FHUs had the power of inducing changes in the work process at FHUs and training professionals who would be qualified to act within the family health strategy (FHS). Thus, residency contributes towards making the FHS a tool for changing the healthcare model and constitutes a way of operating the proposals of the continuing health education policy.