Teaching infantile neurology in Brazil: current aspects, challenges and perspectives

Ensino da neurologia infantil no Brasil: aspectos atuais, desafios e perspectivas

TEACHING INFANTILE NEUROLOGY IN BRAZIL: CURRENT ASPECTS, CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES (ABSTRACT)^*. THESES. CAMPINAS, 2001.

CARMEN SILVIA SANCHES ^**

This study intends to identify how many and which are the formation and training centers in Infantile Neurology in our country and its particularities. Besides, it tries to find out whether or not there are differences between the services which are accreditated by the National Commission of Medical Residence and the services that are not accreditatedby this Commission.

Another purpose is to find out why the Institutions that have medical residence in Neurology and in Pediatrics do not have Infantile Neurology residence even though they have the necessary conditions to offer it.

It is also about the improvement course in Infantile Neurology for non doctor professional of the health area that is taught by the Universidade Estadual de Campinas. The expectations of the components of 2 groups in the beginning and in the end of the course will be evaluated.

In the initial part, are woven considerations about the medical teaching and its characteristics. It is presented brief report about the beginning of the medical attendance and of the foundation of the medical schools in Brazil. In adittion to this, it is presented small history of the Neurology and of the Infantile Neurology in our country.

It is approached the teaching of Neurology in medical graduation course and it is stood out the importance of the Medical Residence courses to prepare qualified and modernized professionals in their area of performance front the new knowledge in Medicine.

At the end, the resultsof the researchs are presented and are woven considerations related to each researched segment.

KEY WORDS: formation and training centers in infantile neurology; medical residence in infantile neurology.

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Ensino da neurologia infantil no Brasil: aspectos atuais, desafios e perspectivas (Resumo). Tese de Doutorado, Universidade Estadual de São Paulo (UNICAMP) (Área: Neurologia). Orientadora: Sylvia Maria Ciasca

Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  14 Jan 2003
• Date of issue
  Dec 2002