• Leonardo Baldaçara and de Carvalho BaldaçaraRaquel PrudenteRPMD, PhD. Assistant Professor, Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT), Health Department of the State of Tocantins, Palmas (TO), Brazil..
• MD, PhD. Assistant Professor, Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT), Health Department of the State of Tocantins, Palmas (TO), Brazil.
• Sao Paulo Med J. 2018 Jan 1; 136 (1): 596359-63.

Context And ObjectiveFew studies have assessed the impact of medical residencies on the public healthcare system. The aim here was to assess the number of specialists who remained in the state of Tocantins after finishing the medical residency program during the first two years of the first programs (2013 and 2014).Design And SettingCross-sectional and exploratory study conducted at the Federal University of Tocantins in Brazil.MethodsAll graduates of medical residency programs in Tocantins, of the years 2013 and 2014, were interviewed by telephone and e-mail between May and July 2014.ResultsInformation was obtained from 37 graduates from medical residency. Seventeen (50.0%) were working in the state public healthcare system and only six (17.6%) in a municipal service in June 2014. Considering only the 24 doctors who had never worked in the state of Tocantins before their residency, it was observed that two who graduated in 2013 (20.0%) and five who graduated in 2014 (35.7%), i.e. seven out of the total number (29.2%), had established their homes in Tocantins.ConclusionsThe number of graduates from medical residency who stayed in the state of Tocantins in 2013 and 2014 was small. However, this was related to the absence of other programs for continuation of the specialization. The state healthcare system was primarily responsible for employment of these doctors within public services. On the other hand, hiring by municipal services was extremely low.

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