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A Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil, de 1988, tem entre seus direitos fundamentais a educação e a saúde, temas sociais que são assegurados às pessoas que se encontram dentro do território nacional. Os tópicos são inseridos no ordenamento jurídico brasileiro através das leis infraconstitucionais, ao longo da sua história. A educação está amparada pelas Diretrizes e Bases da Educação Nacional, que legalizaram o tema em três níveis, entre os quais o nível superior, que se baseia nas Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais direcionadas às instituições de ensino superior. A promulgação da Lei nº 8.080/1990 criou o Sistema Único de Saúde brasileiro, assegurando a todos o acesso universal e igualitário. A importância dos enunciados requer recursos públicos humanos, materiais, físicos e financeiros na prestação do serviço, alinhados aos elementos básicos necessários ao estudo de custo, o qual se volta para eficiência, eficácia e economicidade, ancorados pelas prerrogativas legais de cunho econômico, financeiro e fiscal. Assim, com a perspectiva de unir os temas educação, saúde e custo, este trabalho teve como questionamento central mensurar o custo da formação em medicina, com base no projeto político-pedagógico de uma instituição de ensino superior. Para responder a essa indagação, a pesquisa objetivou criar uma modelagem de custeio para mensurar o custo da formação acadêmica, através da lógica acadêmica. O trabalho teve características descritivas; qualitativa; de estudo de caso; empírica e dedutiva. A metodologia empregada levantou os instrumentos pedagógicos das escolas públicas federais e algumas estaduais das capitais brasileiras, visando identificar elementos mensuráveis pelo método de custo. Entre os projetos que apresentaram elementos necessários, os dados encontrados no projeto pedagógico da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro foram utilizados no estudo proposto. A modelagem sugerida quantificou o custo da formação médica de forma lógica segundo as características acadêmicas, dentro do Plano de Periodização da instituição. Concluiu-se que é possível mensurar os custos da formação médica com base nos projetos pedagógicos, aglutinando os recursos disponíveis institucionais consumidos na carga horária das disciplinas.

The 1988 Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil has among its fundamental rights education and health, social issues that are guaranteed to people within the national territory. The topics are inserted in the Brazilian legal system by infra-constitutional laws throughout its history. Education is supported by the National Education Guidelines and Bases, which legalized the topic at three levels, including the higher level, is based on the National Curriculum Guidelines aimed at higher education institutions. The enactment of Law no. 8.080/1990 created the Brazilian Unified Health System, ensuring universal and equal access to all. The importance of the statements requires public human, material, physical and financial resources in the provision of the service, which are aligned with the basic elements necessary for the cost study, focusing on efficiency, effectiveness, and economy, anchored by legal prerogatives of an economic, financial, and fiscal nature. Thus, with the perspective of uniting the themes of education, health and cost, the central issue of this work is measuring the cost of training in medicine, based on the political-pedagogical project of a higher education institution. To answer this question, the research aimed to create a costing model to measure the cost of academic training, through academic logic. The work had descriptive; qualitative; case study; empirical and deductive characteristics. The methodology used surveyed the pedagogical instruments of federal public schools and some state schools in Brazilian capitals, aiming to identify measurable elements using the cost method. Among the projects that presented necessary elements, the data found in the pedagogical project of the School of Medical Sciences of Rio de Janeiro State University were used in this study. The suggested modeling quantified the cost of medical training in a logical way according to academic characteristics, following the institution's Periodization Plan. It was concluded that it is possible to measure the costs of medical training based on pedagogical projects, bringing together the available institutional resources consumed in the course load.

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Background: Teaching anatomy is an important but expensive part of the medical curriculum, potentially more than many countries can afford. In the search for efficient methods, cost-effectiveness is of utmost importance for such countries. The aim of this contribution is to provide a review of the literature on anatomy teaching methods, evaluating these for feasibility in resource-deprived countries. Methods: A literature review was carried out to identify distinct approaches to anatomy teaching published in the period 2000-2014, using the databases of PubMed, Wiley Online Library, Elsevier, HINARI, Springer, and ERIC. The approaches found were compared against their conceptual, operational, technical, and economic feasibility and Mayer's principles of effective instruction. Results: Our search yielded 432 papers that met the inclusion criteria. We identified 14 methods of teaching anatomy. Based on their conceptual feasibility, dissection and technology enhanced learning approaches appeared to have more benefits than others. Dissection has, besides benefits, many specific drawbacks. Lectures and peer teaching showed better technical and economic feasibility. Educational platforms, radiological imaging, and lectures showed the highest operational feasibility. Dissection and surgery were found to be less feasible with regard to operational, technical, and economic characteristics. Discussion: Based on our findings, the most important recommendations for anatomy teaching in seriously resource-deprived countries include a combination of complementary strategies in 3 different moments, lecturing at the beginning, using virtual learning environment (for self-study), and at the end, using demonstration through prosected specimens and radiological imaging. This provides reasonable insights in anatomy through both dead and living human bodies and their virtual representations.

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In 1997, the Chilean Government and the International Bank for Development convened on a strategy to improve Chilean university education. It was based on quality improvement, effectiveness, relevancy and innovation on university education programs. A US$ 245 millions fund was afforded, for a five years competitive grants program, among certain traditional Universities and Technical Education Institutes. The authors reviewed the projects that won the contests during the first three years in the health area, to determine their impact, demands supported, difficulties and assets. These projects obtained 13.6% of the assigned funds (a total of US$ 16.5 millions). Funds were requested mostly to build spaces, obtain equipment, laboratories and computational support. Funds were also requested to carry out methodological changes and teaching improvements. The importance of teaching health sciences in locations outside the Metropolitan area of Santiago, the modification of undergraduate medical curriculum and the development of post graduate networks are emphasized.

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OBJECTIVE: this study was made with the medical students of the "Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais" (UFMG), to get their social economic profile, and their reasons for studying medicine, choosing the specialty, doing medical residence, and showing preferences for being a liberal professional or a salaried employee. METHODS: In 1997, a study was made comparing UFMG's medical students beginning their clinical practice (5th semester) and those medical students during the internship in the last term of clinical practice. Both groups were given questionnaires for evaluation. RESULTS: The results were similar for both groups and showed that women constituted almost 50% of the students and about 50% of them were from Belo Horizonte, the State capital of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and from small families with less than three children, and whose parents held a college degree. These students passed the college entrance exams on their first try. Two thirds of their families had income of about 10 to 50 Brazilian minimum wages, and approximately 12% of the families had an income of less than 10 minimum wages. The majority of the students decided to study medicine for altruism or vocational reason; very few (<5%) chose to study medicine for financial reasons. Almost all students (98%) preferred a liberal medical practice; however 80% would accept civil-service employment as an alternative. Nearly all of them (98%) chose to do medical residence to specialize. Most students would prefer to be specialists and only less than 20% would prefer to do general practice in areas such as adult and pediatric clinic, gynecology-obstetric and general surgery. CONCLUSION: This study shows that medical students from UFMG have an elite social economic profile and a preference for specialized medical practice.

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The high cost of producing good-quality video-films for teaching has hindered the use of this method, which has been shown to improve significantly the efficiency of teaching and the retention of knowledge. During the last five years, a series of short video-films has been produced using inexpensive video-cameras and home video-recording and editing equipment. A variety of techniques were developed to allow recording of lecture presentations, while using the equipment as a teaching aid, without the need for technical staff. The positioning of the camera, the monitor, the slide projector and lighting were critical to the productions. Similar productions at low cost were obtained from recordings of operating theatre sessions, tutorials and clinical ward rounds. A survey of students exposed to teaching with video-film as part of a lecture presentation confirmed that the subject matter being taught was more easily understood and enjoyable and generated more discussions on than other forms of teaching.

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Concerns over the poor educational standards of some foreign medical schools and the cost of postgraduate education at a time of a projected physician surplus in the United States have led to efforts to pass federal legislation that would limit or remove access of U.S. graduates of foreign medical schools to residency programs in the United States. However, the need for such legislation has been diminished since the appeal of foreign medical education for U.S. students is on the decline. In this paper, the author reviews the economic and educational environment that in the mid-1970s led to the growth in the numbers of U.S. students who sought foreign medical education and contrasts it with the environment in the mid-1980s. Recent data are cited that support a reversal of that earlier trend.

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Concerns over the poor educational standards of some foreign medical schools and the cost of postgraduate education at a time of a projected physican surplus in the United States have led to efforts to pass federal legislation that would limit or remove access of U.S. graduates of foreign medical schools to residency programs in the United States. However, the need for such legislation has been diminished since the appeal of foreign medical education for U.s. students is on the decline. In this paper, the author reviews the economic and educational environment that in the mid-1970s led to the growth in the numbers of U.S. students who sought foreign medical education and contrasts it with the environment in the mid-1980s. Recent data are cited that support a reversal of that earlier trend.(AU)

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