2001 |
PITS |
Presidential Decree No. 3745, of 5 February 2001 |
Creates the Program for Inland Expansion of Work in Health. Closed in 2004, 4,666 physicians enrolled were enrolled in the program during the four years it operated, but only 469 started working in the cities (Maciel Filho, 2008). |
2001 |
FIES |
Law No. 10260, of 12 July 2001. |
Creates the Fund for Financing University Students. |
2002 |
PROMED |
Interministerial Ordinance No. 610, of 26 March 2002 |
Institutes the National Program to Encourage Curricular Changes in Medical Schools, with the objective of promoting changes in training processes, generation of knowledge and provision of services to communities, through curricular innovations, based on the Curricular Guidelines for Courses in Medicine. |
2003 |
SGTES |
Presidential Decree No. 4726, of 9 June 2003 |
Creates the Secretariat for Management of Work and Education in Health of the Ministry of Health, formed by the Departments of Management of Work in Health and Management of Education in Health. |
2005 |
Pró-Saúde |
Interministerial Ordinance No. 2101, of 3 November 2005 |
Institutes the National Program for Reorientation of Professional Training in Health for undergraduate courses in medicine, nursing and dentistry. The program seeks to encourage changes in the training process, generation of knowledge and provision of services to communities, for an integral approach to the health-disease process. |
2007 |
CIGES |
Decree No. 20/2007 |
Creates the Interministerial Commission for Management of Education in Health, with an advisory role in relation to the organization of training human resources in the field of health. |
2007 |
Subcommittee for the Study and Evaluation of the Needs of Medical Specialists in Brazil |
Joint Ordinance No. 1, of 23 October 2007 |
CIGES creates the Subcommittee for the Study and Evaluation of the Needs of Medical Specialists in Brazil. |
2009 |
Pet-Saúde |
Interministerial Ordinance No. 1802, of 26 August 2008 |
Institutes the Educational Program for Working with Health, which seeks to help train health professionals and instill a profile tailored to the country's health needs and policies, raising awareness and preparing these professionals to adequately cope with the different realities of life and health of the Brazilian population, among other aspects. |
2009 |
PRÓ-RESIDÊNCIA |
Interministerial Ordinance No. 1001, of 22 October 2009 |
Institutes the Program to Support the Training of Medical Specialists in Strategic Areas. It finances medical residency scholarships for medical residency programs in specialties and regions that are a priority for the SUS. Of the 21,110 places in the first year (R1) in 2014, the Ministry of Health provided funding for 5,125. Before the program, this ministry only funded a few places in isolated projects. |
2010 |
FIES Basic Care |
Law No. 12202, of 14 January 2010 |
Institutes an extended grace period for physicians that opted for medical residency programs in areas of priority for the SUS, in addition to debt reductions for physicians who work in basic care in priority regions of the country. |
2013 |
MORE DOCTORS PROGRAM |
Provisional Measure No. 621, of 8 July 2013 – transformed into Law No. 12871, of 22 October 2013 |
Creates the More Doctors Program and amends Laws No. 8745, of 9 December 1993, and No. 6932, of 7 July 1981, among other provisions. |
2013 |
DPREPS and DDES |
Presidential Decree No. 8065, of 7 August 2013 |
Creates the Department of Planning and Regulation of the Supply of Health Professionals, within the scope of SGTES/Ministry of Health and the Board of Development of Education in Health, within the scope of SESU/Ministry of Education. |