Medical student profile evaluation at the medical students of the Multicampi School of Medical Sciences of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Medical education. Student. Profile. Curriculum.
A significant portion of the Brazilian population residing in country towns and in the suburbs of major cities is affected by a lack of medical care, where usually there are not many professionals to assist patients of the Unified Health System (SUS). This shortage of doctors in health services is a relative concept, since the greatest problem is not in the number of doctors in Brazil, but their distribution throughout the national territory. The difficulty of providing and setting professionals in the country was the main reason for the Federal Government created the Mais Médicos Programme (PMM). In this context, the Multicampi School of Medical Sciences of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (EMCM / UFRN) was created. The EMCM medical course seeks to train professionals to work effectively in the labor market, particularly in the rural context and outside the major urban centers, taking the health needs, ethical and cultural values of our population under advisement. This research aims to describe a profile of the students of the medical course of the EMCM in an attempt that the obtained information can subsidize pedagogical strategies that contribute with a better academic performance and consequently with the formation of physicians in line with the need of the SUS.