title: [Postgraduate studies in the medical field].
abstract: Considerations on a few aspects of postgraduate education in medicine are made: 1) Concept of stricto sensu of postgraduate study of the physician (who is an MD and seeks a second degree of doctor, that is, the PhD); 2) Importance of scientific initiation (to shorten stricto sensu postgraduation); 3) Features of the postgraduate program (that, having the objective of preparing a scientific investigator, has different characteristics of the graduation courses, of specialization or advanced courses, of the advisor (who must have a consistent line of research), of the doctor-to-be (who must develop his potential of creativity) and of the thesis to be prepared (which should generate a paper publishable in an indexed international journal).
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Gastroenterologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Borges
mesh_terms: D004212:Academic Dissertations as Topic; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration; D008611:Mentors; D012106:Research / Q000193:education
vernacular_title: Considerações sobre a pós-graduação na área médica.