Gláucia Maria Moraes de Oliveira et al. Fausto J. Pinto
In 2016 the Journal of the American Medical Association published a theme issue on medical education, which included an editorial by Golub emphasizing the importance of looking backward on past to advance towards the future. Golub went on to say that the changes in society, such as the shifts in ethnicities, in cultural norms and in health care systems, will lead to new comprehensive, creative and innovative educational models to improve the quality of medical education and patient care.
Therefore, medical training has recently undergone changes, aimed at adapting it to the new population demands, which present great challenges due to regional disparities in the health workforce distribution. Health professionals must be trained to address increasingly complex pathologies and to develop skills to lead interprofessional teams, which must be cost-effective regarding transcultural evidence, to better serve the populations taken care of.
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