It is time for rural training in family medicine in Brazil!

Authors

  • Magda Moura Almeida Universidade Federal do Ceará
  • Mayara Floss Membro Executivo do Wonca Working Party on Rural Practice
  • Leonardo Vieira Targa Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS)
  • John Wynn-Jones Chair Wonca Working Party on Rural Practice Immediate Past President EURIPA (European Rural and Isolated Practitioners Association)
  • Alan Bruce Chater Associate Professor and Head of the Discipline - Rural and Remote Medicine, University of Queensland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5712/rbmfc13(40)1696

Keywords:

Rural Health, Education, Medical, Family Practice.

Abstract

The gap between health needs and the training of human resources for health is much more evident in rural areas. In Brazil, a country of continental dimensions, these differences become more challenging. The diversity of geographical and administrative barriers to access makes the health indicators of rural and remote populations worse than those of the urban population. Family Medicine could address the social determinants of health through the provision of human services and play an important role in low-income rural residents’ health status. This essay is an urgent call for the debate on models for projecting heath workforce supply and requirements for rural areas in Brazil.

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Author Biographies

Magda Moura Almeida, Universidade Federal do Ceará

Médica de Família e Comunidade.

Mestre em Saúde Pública.

Especialista em Educação para as profissões da Saúde.

Departamento de Saúde Comunitária - UFC

Diretora de Medicina Rural da SBMFC

Membro Executivo do Wonca Working Party on Rural Practice

Mayara Floss, Membro Executivo do Wonca Working Party on Rural Practice

Young Doctor, Rural Seeds - World Rural Doctors in training

Leonardo Vieira Targa, Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS)

Médico de Família e Comunidade. Professor da Universidade de Caxias do Sul.

Mestre em Antropologia Social. 

John Wynn-Jones, Chair Wonca Working Party on Rural Practice Immediate Past President EURIPA (European Rural and Isolated Practitioners Association)

Chair Wonca Working Party on Rural Practice Immediate Past President EURIPA (European Rural and Isolated Practitioners Assocoation)

Alan Bruce Chater, Associate Professor and Head of the Discipline - Rural and Remote Medicine, University of Queensland

Chair, Statewide Rural and Remote Clinical Network, Department of Health, Queensland

Medical Superintendent with Right to Private Practice, Theodore and Medical Director Banana Health Service, Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service

Secretary Wonca Working Party on Rural Practice

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2018-04-30

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Almeida MM, Floss M, Targa LV, Wynn-Jones J, Chater AB. It is time for rural training in family medicine in Brazil!. Rev Bras Med Fam Comunidade [Internet]. 2018 Apr. 30 [cited 2024 Dec. 22];13(40):1-4. Available from: https://rbmfc.org.br/rbmfc/article/view/1696

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