Emergency Medicine in the Medical School of Ribeirão Preto – University of São Paulo – You can run, but you can’t hide!

Abstract

Emergency Medicine, although not considered as such in Brazil, is a medical specialty that aims agile and effective action in situations of acute injury to the health of people, assuming a hierarchical structure. Is extremely related to other areas and should ensure a flow (“waterfall”) service in both the structural aspect (pre, intra and post-hospital) and inter-disciplinary aspect. Several initiatives have sought to insert it in the Brazilian reality, and the current focus is centered on the medical societies due to market demand. In spite the need for this organization in the short term, the training of professionals trained in emergency should start in their own graduation, which is the only initiative that will ensure the necessary cultural change in the medium and long term. The Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of São Paulo (FMRP) has had several attempts at this integration throughout its history, which is rescued in this article. Currently, there is a new project that proposes its inclusion in a longitudinal curriculum that seeks to meet the needs of the specialty is based on the infrastructure available to local education and adapts to the educational model proposed by the Commission of Graduation. The proposal is summarized, pointing out its principles and goals for each stage and reinforcing the need for institutional support and oversight to its success.