Introduction:

Medical Residency is identified as the best program for training physicians in specialties, developed in an in-service training setting for an extensive period, and understood as a space for constant education and teaching. The trainee doctor develops not only technical skills but also practices of responsible conduct.

Objectives:

To understand the professional training profile of preceptors of the Medical Residency Program in Anesthesiology, to verify the preceptors’ view of their educational practice developed in the Program, and to identify the pedagogical models used in the same environment.

Methods:

This is a cross-sectional, exploratory descriptive study, with a quantitative approach and analytical component, carried out from January 2017 to January 2018, in three public educational institutions that offer the Medical Residency Program in Anesthesiology in the city of Manaus - AM. Data were collected using an instrument containing sociodemographic information; a validated questionnaire (focusing on perception regarding preceptorship); plus a question about the adopted pedagogical model.

Results:

The study sample consisted mostly of female preceptors (60%) with medical residency as the highest level of their qualification (96.6%). A significant percentage (80%) reported not having pedagogical training to develop preceptorship. The traditional pedagogical model was the most commonly adopted in the teaching practice of preceptors.

Conclusions:

The importance of the situational diagnosis of preceptorship in the Medical Residency in Anesthesiology is shown, pointing out the need for teacher training for the development of the preceptor role, as well as it being given its due value, with the aim of achieving the best medical training.

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