Multiprofessional Residency in Health: Insertion of actors in the Unified National Health System in Brazil

Abstract

The Multiprofessional Residency Programs in Health (RMS in Portuguese) are regulated by the Ministries of Education and Health, and aimed at promoting assistance to the population and at training professionals of excellence to work, according to local health needs. The objective of this study was to analyze the insertion of the RMS at the university hospital of the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul. Under a prospective design, we analyzed the assistance provided by residents of physical therapy, nursing, dentistry, pharmacology and nutrition in the first seven months of implementation of the program. Data were collected from the medical record books and analyzed according to: profile and the number of assisted patients; amount of assistance provided by specialty; and outcome of cases. In the statistical analysis, we applied the chi-square and Mann-Whitney U tests, with 5% significance. Forty-six patients were treated by the team during the period, amounting to 1,979 assistances (an average of 43.02 assistances/patient). There was no difference between the amount of assistance provided by each area (p = 0.89). The implementation of RMS in that hospital was positive and provided support and comfort to patients. Establishing multiple scenarios of integrated practice is crucial to the training of specialized professionals aimed at the public health sector.