Editorial September 06, 2023 September 06, 2023

The generation of innovative ophthalmologists

DOI: 10.37039/1982.8551.20230044

In Brazil, it is notorious that there is a disparity between the increase in the number of vacancies in medical schools and the offer of specialization. According to Kara-Junior et al.,⁽⁾ from 2002 to 2019, the number of vacancies offered in medical schools increased from 11,243 to 52,873, representing an increase of 370%, while the number of vacancies available for specialization in Ophthalmology increased from 319 to 498, a growth of just 56%. Considering that in Brazil doctors can act as a specialists even without having completed specialization, with a greater increase in vacancies in graduation than in residency, there is a risk of a decrease in the quality of clinical practice, since many doctors are excluded from the opportunity to do specialization and they might not want to work as generalists at the public health system or in remote regions, opting to work in specialties and in the central regions of the country, where they are better paid.⁽⁾

The saturation of the medical market in large urban centers, mainly in Ophthalmology, gave rise to the emergence of a generation of doctors with different professional perspectives – innovative doctors. As massification enhances quality, it has not been different in the medical field, and Medicine is receiving many bright young people, with talents that transcend the traditional practice of the profession. These young and ingenious doctors, dissatisfied with traditional professional perspectives, are creating new opportunities and innovating medicine, achieving success in the profession even before their professors, with a performance that will go far beyond patient care, as it would traditionally occur.

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