Ley de especialidades médicas de Tucumám: lineamientos para su reglamentación / The law of medical specialities in Tucumán: the features for its regulation

RESUMO

Since the law of medical specialities was sanctioned in the province of Tucumán we started to work on the instrumentation of the statutes the law provides. The goal of our work was to determine if health professionals and other people involved had the necessary knowledge of the topic, its implications and possible consequences, as well as to establish the policies for its execution. With this purpose we carried out a descriptive study of transversal type by creating a questionnaire to be filled by people responsible in the following areas Si.Pro.Sa, university, medical college, scientific societies, resident physicians and the professionals chosen at random, and a selection of national expert as a part of the Delphi method. Both questionnaires took into consideration the following aspect accurate knoledge of the topic; quality of the medical assistance; population access to super specialism; struggle for power, efficiency and effectiveness and recognizing new specialities, among others. By considering the data and the local and national legislation we confirmed the hypothesis that our health professionals are not deeply concerned with the topic and its implications. As a matter of fact, we could detect a hard strunggle for personal interests among them. We conclude with a number of proposals for the regulation of this law.