Medicine - Julia Sarkis, Marianna Thums, Helena Maestri and Vinicius Coluzzi 3C

                     MEDICINE                                 

    The medical school is the most difficult, no doubt. The medical profession as well as being associated with the noble task of saving lives, is also associated with the old Brazilian aristocracy - It has always been a profession linked to the wealthier social classes, with greater financial resources. Such factors always determined the development of this profession. However, there are other related professions will health - such as nursing, speech therapy, psychology, nutrition, physiotherapy, among others that has a good pay.

Work Market

* Career: 

> Medium length of graduation: 6 years. 
In the first two years, the student learn basic disciplines, as 
Pathology and Anatomic. They have contact with patients only in the third year.

> After graduation, the doctor that wants to specialize in some area must do the residency. It is recognized as a post-graduation. Takes from two to five years. To enter the residency, the student must be approved in an exam. 
Completing the residency, the professional has the title of specialist.

> The doctors that do not want to take residency are known as general practitioner, working on duties or in emergencies.

Activities during career: 

- Public service: attendance in Basic Health Unit, Helthcare Centers, emergency services, ambulatories. 

- Private attendance: doctor’s office, private hospital and clinics 

- Teach in universities 

- Research in laboratories and institutes

* Jobs: 

Main practice areas: 
- Emergency Medicine
- Dermatology 
- Cardiology 
- Oncology 
- Pediatrics, 
- Obstetrics and Gynecology 
- Radiology 
- Pneumologia 
- Geriatrics 
- Endocrinology 
- Orthopaedics 
- Anesthesiology 
- Plastic Surgery 
- Infectious diseases 
- Surgery-General 

- Ophthalmology

* Salaries: 

- Starting salary (monthly average) 
R$ 2,3 mil, value of resident scholarship per week. 
- Gain level intermediate (monthly average) 
R$ 6,5 mil for a journey of 62 hours per week. 
- Gain in height (monthly average) 
From R$ 12 mil to R$ 18 mil. A portion of the doctors charge the price they want for a private consult.

Universities:

There are 183 medical schools in Brazil, here is a list of the six best:


-Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 
-Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) 
-Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) 
-Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) 
-Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) 
-Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

UFRGS - Medicine Campus.

What can you do after de medicine school: 

> Acupuncture 
(Application of needles).

> Allergy and Immunology 
(Defense mechanisms of the body).

> Anesthesiology 
(Anesthetics application). 

> Angiology and Vascular Surgery 
(Arteries and veins). 

> Oncology 
(Cancer). 

> Cardiology 
(Heart). 

> Surgery 
(Cardiovascular, head and neck, general, digestive tract, pediatric, plastic and thoracic). 

> Medical clinic 
(Body as a whole). 

> Coloproctology 
(End digestive tract). 

> Dermatology 
(Skin). 

> Endocrinology and metabolia 
(Hormonal and metabolic disorders). 

> Gastroenterology 
(Digestive system). 

> Medical genetics 
(Genetic diseases). 

> Geriatrics and gerontology 
(Diseases of aging). 

> Gynecology and obstetrics 
(Female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth). 

> Hematology 
(Blood, its therapeutic or its components use). 

> Homeopathy 
(General practitioners using medicinal products prepared from natural substances).

> Infectious Diseases 

>Mastology 
(Mammary glands).

> Pain Medicine 
(Focused on the treatment of chronic pain).

> Sports Medicine 
(Prevent and treat disorders arising from sports activity. Give medical advice and follow up teams and teams).

> General Medicine and Community 
(Acting on prevention, cure and rehabilitation of patients together with multidisciplinary team (with nurse, social worker and psychologist).

> Legal and medical expertise Medicine 
(Perform autopsies, DNA testing and forensic. Support the investigation of crimes).

> Palliative medicine 
(It offers care to relieve pain and suffering of terminal patients).

> Health medicine 
(Develop and implement public health programs. Prevent the transmission of diseases and prescribe treatments).

> Sleep Medicine 
(Deals with disorders related to sleep).

> Occupational medicine 
(Prevent and treat diseases caused by workplace or professional practice).

> Tropical medicine 
(Prevents and treats diseases like malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever and . leprosy).

> Nephrology 
(Kidney disease).

> Neurology and neurophysiology 
(Disorders of the nervous system).

> Nutrition

> Ophthalmology 
(Eyes).

> Orthopedics and traumatology 
(Bones and muscles).

> Otorhinolaringology 
(Ear, nose, mouth and throat).

> Pathology and clinical pathology 
(Laboratory tests).

> Pediatrics 
(Children).

> Pulmonology 
(Lungs).

> Psychiatry 
(Mental illness).

> Radiology and diagnostic imaging

> Radiotherapy 
(Radiation treatments).

> Rheumatology 
(Cartilage and joints).

> Intensive Care

> Urology 
(Urinary tract).

Group of different kind of doctors.  

Curiosities:

> A survey conducted in 2013 by the Instituto de Política Econômica Aplicada (Ipea) shows that medicine is a career that pays better and that has the highest occupancy rate, with 91.8% of working professional.

> Successful professional – bio of a well know person in this area:

 

Dr. Rey

       Dr. Roberto Miguel Rey Júnior 

 Dr. Robert Rey is a Brazilian plastic surgeon and one of the presenters of the Reality Show Dr. 90210 (featured in United States on the E! Entertainment. In Brazil, RedeTV! exhibits it and is known as Dr. Hollywood).
 He was born in São Paulo, Brazil, son of Avelina Reisdörfer and the engineer Roberto Miguel Rey. The family lived in São Paulo until 1974, when Rey, with 12 years old, and his brother and two sisters went to United States. 

 Rey married his wife Quebec-born Hayley Rey in 2000. They have 2 children, Sydney and Robby. They live in Beverly Hills, California.

 He received a Bachelor's degree from Arizona State University in Biochemistry. He has a Master's degree in Health Policy from Harvard, and an M.D. from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1990.
 Rey did a three year general surgery residency at Harbor UCLA, and completed his plastic surgery residency in 1997 at the University of Tennessee-Memphis Health Science Center. He subsequently undertook an aesthetic and breast reconstruction fellowship at the Harvard Medical School's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He is licensed to practice medicine in California and Massachusetts. He currently serves as a medical correspondent for The Insider and NBC4 news. 

 In 2004, Rey became the star of the reality television series Dr. 90210 (Dr. Hollywood). It showcases both his and other surgeon's practices, the surgeries and patients, as well as his family life. He is also noted for his work on 
celebrity patients, including an episode of Dr. 90210 featuring John Travolta's niece's breast augmentation.
  

 Helena Maestri, Marianna Thums, Vinicius Coluzzi and Julia Sarkis. (3C)