Mudanças na educação médica e residência médica no Brasil

Abstract

This essay seeks to identify the main movements and tendencies in medical education in Brazil over the last thirty years and , within this framework, to understand the process of social structuring of Medical Residency as well as its potential role with regard to the proposals of change in that area. Initially, the author describes the current status of the structural health-care crisis as well as the transformations it forces upon the medical profession. This is followed by a survey of the history, over the last thirty years, of the movements concerning the changes in medical education in this country, and their interconnection with Latin American and world movements. Finally, the author offers a profile of Medical Residency in Brazil, particularly in São Paulo, over the same period of time.