INTEGRATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY PRACTICES IN THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN FORMATION: INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND CAPABILITIES IN BRAZILIAN SCENARIO

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES:Demand for Integrative and Complementary Practices (ICP) has increased significantly in recent decades. Thus, it discusses the space that the ICP receive in family doctors training. This study aims to review scientific materials to report successful experiences of inclusion of ICP in Family Medicine Residency. METHODS:Twenty-six articles related ICP with medical education were analyzed, identified from the descriptors: "Complementary and integrative practices", " family medicine residency", "medical education", "complementary and alternative medicine", and equivalent in other languages. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION:The main results came from international experiences, like the US, where curricular adjustments at national level have been defined, with minimal skills in ICP that family medicine residents should develop. Other experiences have also shown that there are different ways to include the ICP in a pre-existing curriculum through workshops, seminars, online courses, internships, lectures, and others. The experience of Cuba stands out for bringing an example of inclusion of ICP since graduation, preparing doctors to apply the ICP in advanced level. In Brazil, despite being provided inclusion of ICP in Family and Community Medicine (FCM) curriculum as an optative internship, no articles were found related to the residency. In conclusion, there are good international examples that can serve as basis for the Brazilian residencies. Moreover, it is of great importance the national scientific production, so good experiences become known and this partnership between ICP and FCM been consolidated in Brazil.