Implementation of multi-professional healthcare residency at a federal university: historical trajectory.

OBJECTIVE: To retrieve the historical trajectory of the implementation of a multi-professional healthcare residency at the Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, in partnership with the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre.

METHOD: Historical research based on oral history. Interviews were conducted with six professionals of both institutions from October to December 2013. The data were subjected to content analysis.

RESULTS: The oral histories led to three thematic categories, as follows: Strengthening the involved institutions; Professional qualification for intensive care; and Programme implementation.

CONCLUSIONS: The historical trajectory of a multi-professional healthcare residency programme revealed the efforts of linking teaching and service to better qualify healthcare professionals and strengthen healthcare teams, and consequently change the hegemonic medical assistance model.