Implementation of the Residency Program in Family and Community Medicine of the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Health Department, Brazil. / Implantação do Programa de Residência em Medicina de Família e Comunidade da Secretaria Municipal de Saúde do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

The reform of Primary Healthcare in the city of Rio de Janeiro created various needs for improvement of the network, one of which was professional training/qualification of doctors to practice at this level of care. To respond to this the Municipal Health Department took the initiative of structuring the Residency Program in Family and Community Medicine. This paper aims to describe the experience of implementation of this program in the context of the reform of primary healthcare. It also reports on the process of structuring of the program to meet the objectives proposed by the reform, and how this is reflected in the network, and suggests investments in studies that can indicate impacts generated by the Program.

Implantação do Programa de Residência em Medicina de Família e Comunidade da Secretaria Municipal de Saúde do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil / Implementation of the Residency Program in Family and Community Medicine of the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Health Department, Brazil

Resumo A reforma da Atenção Primária à Saúde na cidade do Rio de Janeiro gerou diversas necessidades de melhoria da rede, em uma delas está a qualificação profissional de médicos para atuar neste nível. Desta forma, foi estruturado o Programa de Residência em Medicina de Família e Comunidade pela própria Secretaria Municipal de Saúde. Este artigo tem como objetivo descrever a experiência da implantação desse Programa no contexto da reforma da Atenção Primária à Saúde. Além disso, demonstrar a estruturação do Programa para atingir os objetivos propostos pela reforma e como isso se reflete na rede e sugere investimentos em estudos que possam sinalizar os impactos gerados pelo Programa.

Abstract The reform of Primary Healthcare in the city of Rio de Janeiro created various needs for improvement of the network, one of which was professional training/qualification of doctors to practice at this level of care. To respond to this the Municipal Health Department took the initiative of structuring the Residency Program in Family and Community Medicine. This paper aims to describe the experience of implementation of this program in the context of the reform of primary healthcare. It also reports on the process of structuring of the program to meet the objectives proposed by the reform, and how this is reflected in the network, and suggests investments in studies that can indicate impacts generated by the Program.