Curso de medicina da Universidade Federal do Cariri : sua origem e consolidação (2001-2018)

Abstract

A medical course was increasingly needed in the Cariri region of Ceará. In spite of having medical services since the 19th century and hospital structures since the first quarter of the 20th century, the Region of Cariri received its first public medical course only in the 21st century. This work aims to analyze the medical course of the Federal University of Cariri (UFCA) from the historical point of view. This quali-quantitative study of historiographic nature begins by performing a geographical, historical and socioeconomic contextualization of the region where the course is inserted; it describes the path of medical education in Brazil from its inception to the arrival of the medical course in the Cariri region; conducting documentary and iconographic survey of historical and political landmarks of its creation, yet as an expansion of the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), its consolidation process, also highlighting its transition process with the creation of UFCA. In this historical contour we investigate aspects of the institution's organizational culture and its expressions in the fields of empirical, scientific and political cultures. After the documentary survey, data is collected from questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with students, teachers and public characters who have participated in the process of creation and consolidation of this institution. The theoretical references used are NÓVOA (2010) and ESCOLANO (2017), which underlie the analysis of data collected from the history of the Institutions, organizational culture and school culture.