Introduction:

Medicine as an area of knowledge and practice has rendered invisible the importance of gender as an analytical category in medical education, as well as the impacts of gender differences and inequalities expressed in the context of clinical practice. Gender is recognized as a crucial aspect in medical education, mainly in the sense of promoting the quality of health care, considering gender differences in symptoms, risk factors for the disease and the care plan established in the context of the therapeutic relationship.

Objective:

Based on this assumption, qualitative design research was conducted on the perception of training received on gender in the context of undergraduate and medical specialization of residents in Gynecology and Obstetrics and Family and Community Medicine at two public schools in the city of São Paulo.

Method:

The research used the in-depth interview technique. In 2016, 13 residents of both specialities participated in the survey: seven from Gynecology and Obstetrics and six from Family and Community Medicine. The inclusion criterion was to be a doctor in a medical residency in Family and Community Medicine and Gynecology and Obstetrics at the two public universities participating in the study. The participants were accessed by the snowball recruitment technique, seeking a non-probabilistic sample, in which the study participants indicated other participants to the point of saturation.

Results:

Despite the differences identified among the participants, according to the residency programs, concerning the gender approach in medical training and its repercussions in clinical practice, with higher appropriation by residents of Family and Community Medicine, essential gaps in training stand out, within the scope of undergraduate training and specialization.

Conclusion:

Knowledge and the development of skills and techniques based on a gender approach in medical education are fundamental for the exercise of comprehensive care that considers the sociocultural conformations of patients and their implications for the health of the disease process.

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