The More Doctors Program and the Curricular Guidelines for Medical courses: a comparative analysis among higher education institutions

Annabelle De Fátima Modesto Vargas,Rodrigo Da Costa Caetano,Mauro Macedo Campos,Diogo De Souza Vargas

doi:10.1590/interface.170903

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Abstract

Abstract The article was constructed from an exploratory, documentary research and investigates the curricular matrices of the medicine courses of three higher education institutions, trying to identify the weight they give to a more humanistic education of their students, in accordance with what is recommended by the More Doctors Program (PMM). Two Brazilian institutions were examined, one public and one private, both in Rio de Janeiro, and also a third institution, located in Cuba. In the education of Cuban doctors, importance is given to disciplines categorized as "Public Health Education". Contrary to this design, the education of Brazilian doctors reflects the conflict between teaching and the reality of the country, visible in the difficulty in educating doctors to work in primary care and in retaining them in the most remote places of Brazil.

Highlights

This article analyzes the medical education constructed by higher education institutions based on an examination of their curricular matrices
The research focused on two higher education institutions in the state of Rio de Janeiro, comparing what is performed there with what is practiced by medicine courses in Cuba, in its capital city, Havana, where the country’s main school of medicine is located
It is important to highlight that many education models are in disagreement with the country’s reality, not to mention the fact that teaching institutions voluntarily adhere to these models. All these issues negatively affect the education of professionals with an adequate profile to work in the Brazilian National Health System (SUS). These approaches have already been considered by the More Doctors Program (PMM) regarding the improvement in medical education, indicated in curricular reforms targeted at primary care[1]

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Introduction

This article analyzes the medical education constructed by higher education institutions based on an examination of their curricular matrices. It is important to highlight that many education models are in disagreement with the country’s reality, not to mention the fact that teaching institutions voluntarily adhere to these models All these issues negatively affect the education of professionals with an adequate profile to work in the Brazilian National Health System (SUS). These approaches have already been considered by the More Doctors Program (PMM) regarding the improvement in medical education, indicated in curricular reforms targeted at primary care[1]. If we intend to discuss a medical education that focuses on primary care grounded on what PMM proposes[4], it is necessary to shed light on the model on which the curricular bases are structured

Method

Public institutions with seats authorized by MEC

Theory, Results and Discussion

Total number of hours

Elective disciplines

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