MEDICAL PRACTIONERS VERSUS MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH

With the consolidation of the SUS (National Health Service of Brazil) and health measures, there was a significant increase in Brazilian life expectancy, allowing greater interaction with the environment where the individualis inserted. Therefore, a change in the view of the health disease was necessary, opening space for new holistic approach to the individual and its collective. In this context, it has become essential the inclusion of trained managers to optimize health programs and financial resources for public health. In a quantitative descriptive approach, with the objective of analyzing the medical professional contribution to the management in public health, we used secondary data provided by the Training Advisory Department and Permanent Training of Health Workers, of the Municipal Health Secretariat of the city of Maringa -PR, links management in public health in the city. The results show a gap of medical professionals involved in the management, with great discrepancy among doctors and other professionals inserted in management positions. The presence of doctors in management areas provides the use of a labor area little explored by them. The doctor has an essential and indispensable role in health care and it is important that this professional is ahead of decisive positions once they are empowered to do so.