Family and Community Medicine Residency Program Bahiana holds its 1st Symposium on Teaching, Research and Knowledge Production

The Family and Community Medicine Residency Program at Bahiana held on July 31st at the Campus Brotas, its 1st Symposium on Teaching, Research, and Knowledge Production. The event, which also took place on August 1st, brought together residents, advisors, preceptors, and faculty from the program for two afternoons of research project presentations for a first qualifying session. According to Míriam Marambaia, coordinator of the Symposium and the Family and Community Medicine Residency Program, in this first meeting with their advisors, the second-year residents presented the final project they will develop based on this meeting and which will be defended at the end of the year. When defining the training proposed by the program, Marambaia explains that "the family and community physician works alongside people, involving the community. The Bahiana It was the first university in Bahia to work with this vision focused on primary care, from extension projects to the implementation of this residency in 2018.”

According to Professor Mary Gomes, coordinator of the program's Research and Knowledge Production area, the field of family and community medicine is not new in terms of its scope, but its scientific and academic output is still relatively recent. "We see a need to produce knowledge that reflects the reality and generates indicators that can contribute to improving the care provided by family and community doctors, supported by clinical management input. Family doctors produce a lot, but little is published on this subject," she stated. According to Gomes, two articles have already been published in international journals, in addition to preceptors' participation in national and international scientific events.

For Gabriel Vieira, who graduated from the Medicine course at BahianaThe Family and Community Medicine Residency Program allowed him to refine the knowledge he had already acquired both through his academic training and professional experience. "Although very demanding, we have the full support of our preceptors and coordinators throughout the program," says Gabriel, who chose mental health clinic management as his research topic. Resident Douglas Apolônio says the program provides a longitudinal view of the patient. "Before, I only saw patients in emergencies and had brief contact with them. As a family physician, we can follow the patient for a long period of their life," says Apolônio, who is researching clinical management in neonatal health.