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Incor Residency Program in Adult Cardiology in 2022: 40 Years Preparing Cardiologists for the Demands in Brazil
Marcos Pita Lottenberg1, Luciana Dornfeld Bichuette1, Luiz Aparecido Bortolotto1
1Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo , São Paulo , SP - Brasil.
Arquivos Brasileiros De Cardiologia
|November 30, 2022
Summary
The InCor medical residency program updated its curriculum to align with Brazilian cardiologist job market demands. This involved reducing intensive care unit hours and increasing outpatient prevention training for better physician preparedness.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Medical Education
- Public Health
Background:
- Demographic data indicated a need to update the InCor medical residency curriculum.
- The existing curriculum required adaptation to the evolving reality of cardiologists' work in Brazil.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe recent curriculum updates in the InCor medical residency program.
- To compare the revised curriculum with the previous one.
- To present the rationale behind these changes, supported by labor market literature.
Main Methods:
- Described recent updates to the InCor residency program curriculum.
- Compared the current curriculum track with the prior version.
- Utilized literature on cardiologist labor market participation to justify changes.
Main Results:
- Reduced resident working hours in intensive care units.
- Increased focus on outpatient primary and secondary prevention activities.
- Reformulated didactic content, organizing it by division.
Conclusions:
- Curriculum update was necessary to align the InCor medical residency program with the Brazilian labor market.
- The program recognizes curriculum adaptation as an ongoing, dynamic process.
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