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Development of rheumatology training in Brazil: the option for a medical residency program.
Albuquerque, Cleandro Pires; Dos Santos-Neto, Leopoldo Luiz.
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  • Albuquerque CP; Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brasília, DF, Brazil. Electronic address: cleandropires@hotmail.com.
  • Dos Santos-Neto LL; Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brasília, DF, Brazil.
Rev Bras Reumatol Engl Ed ; 57(6): 507-513, 2017.
Article em En, Pt | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29173687
OBJECTIVE: To describe the characteristics and progression of the supply of new rheumatologists in Brazil, from 2000 to 2015. METHODS: Consultations to databases and official documents of institutions related to training and certification of rheumatologists in Brazil took place. The data were compared, summarized and presented descriptively. RESULTS: From 2000 to 2015, Brazil qualified 1091 physicians as rheumatologists, of which 76.9% (n=839) completed a medical residency program in rheumatology (MRPR); the others (n=252) achieved this title without MRPR training. There was an expansion of MRPR positions. At the same time, there was a change in the profile of the newly qualified doctors. Early in the series, the fraction of new rheumatologists without MRPR, entering the market annually, was approaching 50%, dropping to about 15% in recent years. In 2015, Brazil offered 49 MRPR accredited programs, with 120 positions per year for access. There was an imbalance in the distribution of MRPR positions across the country, with a strong concentration in the southeast region, which in 2015 held 59.2% of the positions. Public institutions accounted for 94% (n=789) of graduates in MRPR during the study period, while still maintaining 93.3% (n=112) of seats for admission in 2015. CONCLUSIONS: In the last sixteen years, in parallel with the expansion of places of access, MRPR has established itself as the preferred route for rheumatology training in Brazil, mainly supported by public funds. Regional inequalities in the provision of MRPR positions still persist, as challenges that must be faced.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Reumatologia / Reumatologistas / Internato e Residência Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En / Pt Revista: Rev Bras Reumatol Engl Ed Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Brasil

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Reumatologia / Reumatologistas / Internato e Residência Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En / Pt Revista: Rev Bras Reumatol Engl Ed Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Brasil