Abstract

BISSOTO, João Roberto  and  GALLIAN, Dante Marcello Claramonte. The Search for Medical Residency in Acupuncture at EPM-Unifesp. Rev. Bras. Educ. Med. [online]. 2019, vol.43, n.3, pp.27-35. ISSN 1981-5271.  https://doi.org/10.1590/1981-52712015v43n2rb20180210.

This study resulted from the observed considerable increase in integrative practices in health and their insertion in the Brazilian Unified Health System through the National Policy of Integrative and Complementary Practices in Health (PNPIC) of 2006. The question then arises of the reasons that led to this increase. The present study analyzed the reasons behind newly trained physicians seeking to specialize in Acupuncture at the Federal University of São Paulo, a recent medical residency program in the profession. The authors used an Oral History methodology due to its humanizing potential when dealing with accounts given by colleagues and to help interviewees recall their experiences. Data analysis was carried out using the Immersion and Crystallization method, based on hermeneutic phenomenology, through which common themes emerged in the narratives of the interviewees, which could then be analyzed based on the current literature. From the collected and analyzed narratives it is observed that dissatisfaction with the practice of the biomedical model is a major factor that influences the physicians’ choice of Acupuncture. That model is seen to treat the patient as a being that is compartmentalized into multiple specialties, transforming the patient into pieces without really assessing their existence as a person and their health as a whole. All the interviewees stated that they consider Acupuncture a more humane health care practice, corresponding to their longing to treat the patient, not only their parts, or their isolated symptoms, which factor is fundamental to understanding the growth of these practices. A deeper analysis of the narratives allowed us to observe that in the life history of these young doctors there are experiences that have enabled them to be willing to develop their humanity more intensely. Another conspicuous feature that emerged in the narratives was the fact that none of the interviewees had any contact with Acupuncture during their undergraduate medical training, which demonstrates its incipient insertion in the academic environment, even though this practice has been recognized by the Federal Council of Medicine as a medical specialty since the 1990s.

Keywords : –Acupuncture; –Internship and Residency; –Interview; –Humanities; –Humanization of Assistance.

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