Overview
Two-year occupational medicine (Medicina do Trabalho) specialist training at HCFMUSP for foreign-trained physicians, mirroring the CNRM residency.
The programme
- Training type
- Specialty training programme
- Specialty associations
- Not yet verified
- Learning format
- Not yet verified
- Duration
- 2 years
- Start
- 1 March 2027 (2027 intake)
- Positions
- 1 (2027 edital)
- Accreditation
- Same duration and content as the CNRM-registered HCFMUSP residency programme (CFM Resolution 2.216/2018); the certificate is not valid for professional practice in Brazil.
- Department
- Not yet verified
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Medical degree from an institution recognised by the Ministry of Education of the country of origin (direct access, no specialty prerequisite).
- Qualification requirement
- Medical degree from an institution recognised by the Ministry of Education of the country of origin (direct access, no specialty prerequisite).
- Citizenship requirement
- Not yet verified
- Practice location requirement
- Not yet verified
- Membership requirement
- Not yet verified
- Eligibility restrictions
- Programme exists specifically for foreign-trained physicians (foreign nationals or Brazilians graduated abroad) who have not revalidated their diploma in Brazil and do not intend to live or work in Brazil; Celpe-Bras (Intermediate) Portuguese certificate required.
- Language
- Not yet verified
- Teaching language
- Not yet verified
- Clinical language
- Not yet verified
- International applicants
- Programme exists specifically for foreign-trained physicians (foreign nationals or Brazilians graduated abroad) who have not revalidated their diploma in Brazil and do not intend to live or work in Brazil; Celpe-Bras (Intermediate) Portuguese certificate required.
- Licence requirement
- HCX Fmusp requests a special provisional authorisation from CREMESP; medical acts permitted only inside HCFMUSP under supervision.
- Visa route
- Not yet verified
- Visa sponsorship
- Not yet verified
- Visa support
- HCX Fmusp supplies documentation for the trainee to request a visa from the Brazilian consulate; trainee arranges visa and Federal Police registration.
How to apply
- Deadline
- Registration 15 July – 31 August 2026 for the 2027 intake (closed; annual cycle)
- Application method
- Online registration via HCX Fmusp (ensino.hcxfmusp.org.br, PCPME – Processo Seletivo); R$ 3,000 registration fee; CV, Celpe-Bras, apostilled diploma and transcript, passport; selection by CV analysis, interview and (for some areas) theory exam.
- Documents
- CV (named in recorded application instructions; confirm full checklist)
- Contact
- Not yet verified
Funding and costs
- Tuition / fees
- Not yet verified
- Application fee
- Not yet verified
- Stipend / salary
- No stipend or allowances from HCFMUSP
- Scholarship
- Not yet verified
- Funding
- No stipend or allowances from HCFMUSP; annual fee of R$ 30,000 for 2027 (adjusted yearly by IPCA); trainee must prove funds for the whole stay.
Sources and verification
https://hcxfmusp.org.br/portal/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Edital-do-Processo-Seletivo-PCPME-2027.pdfhttps://hcxfmusp.org.br/portal/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Edital-do-Processo-Seletivo-PCPME-2027_Retificacao-1.pdf
Evidence by field
- Qualification requirement: legacy record not reverified; checked not recorded. Source 1 Source 2 Derived from Eligibility.
- Eligibility restrictions: legacy record not reverified; checked not recorded. Source 1 Source 2 Derived from International applicants.
- Documents: legacy record not reverified; checked not recorded. Source 1 Source 2 Derived from Application method.
- Stipend / salary: legacy record not reverified; checked not recorded. Source 1 Source 2 Derived from Funding.
- Training type: classification from record; checked not recorded. Source 1 Source 2
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