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ABSTRACT Introduction A preceptor is understood as a health care professional with an important role in introducing students and recently graduated doctors into professional practice. However, studies into medical teaching in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) have shown inadequacies in the quality, training and time spent by the tutors with students. In the municipality of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), the expansion of the FHS was belated, resulting in a vacuum of medical students being inserted into the network. Objective To understand the perception of Family Health Strategy physician preceptors regarding their performance with medical student interns from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Methods This is a case study which employed a qualitative method and took place in the city of Rio de Janeiro (RJ). Semi-structured interviews were conducted between September 2011 and March 2012, with 15 preceptors from six Family Clinics receiving UFRJ medical interns. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, read and subjected to thematic content analysis, resulting in the establishment of five categories: encouragement and motivation; appreciation; training; real world versus academic world; teaching-service integration. Results The preceptors report that they feel recognized and encouraged by the students, but do not feel appreciated by the service coordinators, who fail to allocate adequate space and time to their preceptorship activities. A good relationship is established with both tutors and students. The preceptors would like to be trained in preceptorship and to strengthen their ties to UFRJ. They view their time with the students as both precious and challenging, because it stimulates them to rethink their care practices. They recognize in the internship the opportunity for students to gain practical experience of what has been learned in theory. Conclusion The preceptors’ work is supported by the good relationship established between preceptors, tutors and students but efforts are needed to value the professionals who perform this practice.
Highlights
A preceptor is understood as a health care professional with an important role in introducing students and recently graduated doctors into professional practice
In order to prepare the human resources for performance in this new scenario, the National Curricular Guidelines (NCG) for the Medicine courses of 2001, albeit late, have begun to recommend that much of the doctor’s training be given in the PHC1
The preceptor is understood as the care network professional who plays an important role in the insertion of the students and the fresh graduate in the professional practice
Summary
A preceptor is understood as a health care professional with an important role in introducing students and recently graduated doctors into professional practice. The preceptors would like to be trained in preceptorship and to strengthen their ties to UFRJ They view their time with the students as both precious and challenging, because it stimulates them to rethink their care practices. In the city of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), the FHS expansion occurred belatedly, starting in 2008, which resulted in a vacuum of the insertion of the student of Medicine in the network[3]. This experience was little studied in the municipality[3,4,5,6]
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