Formação médica na Atenção Primária à Saúde: da experiência acadêmica ao mercado de trabalho

Abstract

Medical education with an early integration of students practical of Primary Health Care (PHC) settings has been encouraged by governmental and non-governmental entities. The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of primary health care on medical education under graduate experiences to insertion into the labor market. The study included four studies with different methodologies. The first introduces and describes the experience of implementation of the project Participatory Planning for Community Empowerment, together with medical students at the State University of Montes Claros (UNIMONTES), next the community served by a staff from of the Family Health Strategy. The second project identified, through qualitative and quantitative research, the perceptions and expectations of medical students in relation to medical training with insertion int primary health care settings. The third study, using a quantitative approach, characterized some aspects of the graduate Residency Program in Family and Community Medicine at the University Hospital Clemente de Faria (HUCF), the UNIMONTES, and their insertion in the labor market. The fourth project, with a qualitative and quantitative approach, presented the perception of medical students regarding the choice of a specialty in PHC. IRB (Institutional Review Board) the UNIMONTES approved these project. From the studies conducted, it is concluded that the PHC is a privileged place for medical training for both undergraduates and graduates, as it presents specific activities to be performed in this scenario. There is a complexity of factors that interact to attract or repel medical students to PHC. These factors are related to personal, professional, academic and ideological factors. Factors related to the profile of graduats of the Residency Program in Family and Community Medicine at HUCF/UNIMONTES and their insertion in the labor market should be considered in the formulation of proposals to increase the effectiveness of PHC.