The São Paulo government authorized an increase in the number of scholarships it offers residency annually, from 5,534 to 6,134. 600 new jobs will have in 2014.

According to the state government, investment, now with the new jobs will be $ 227.5 million per year.

The government also decided that, with new jobs being created next year, new institutions will also be benefited with the Residency program, participants from the current 49 to 68 some of them awaiting accreditation with the National Commission of Medical Residency.

The beneficiary institutions are public and private universities, hospitals own state, municipalities, charities, health organizations and social health district hospitals.

The specialties offered will be in the basic areas of clinical medicine, clinical surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, orthopedics, anesthesiology, neurosurgery, neurology, oncology, neonatology, intensive care, geriatrics, and psychiatry, which today are the most in need of professionals.

The exercise of the resident doctor is started after graduating, so to increase enrollment in this area is an important breakthrough for the medical field, stands David IPU, Secretary of State for Health

The residency is a post-graduate sensu lato and the Ministry of Health of São Paulo began funding and administration of programs in healthcare institutions still in the 80s.

With information from the SES / SP

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