Overview
CNRM-regulated two-year family and community medicine residency of the Porto Alegre municipal health network, with direct access and a municipal stipend top-up.
The programme
- Training type
- Specialist training programme
- Duration
- 2 years (March 2027 – February 2029)
- Start
- March 2027
- Positions
- 15
- Accreditation
- CNRM-accredited medical residency programme (Municipal Law 12.498/2019).
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Medical graduate of a Brazilian school (or 2026 finalist), or foreign graduate with revalidated diploma.
- International applicants
- Only foreign graduates with a diploma revalidated in Brazil.
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Brazilian CRM registration required to practise as resident.
How to apply
- Deadline
- Registration via the AMRIGS exam (objective exam 22 November 2026); curricular documents by 24 January 2027
- Application method
- AMRIGS online registration (R$ 490 fee); objective exam (90%) plus CV analysis and online collective interview (10%).
Funding
- Funding
- National Ministry of Health residency stipend plus municipal complement of R$ 4,106.09, meal voucher R$ 550 and housing benefit up to R$ 1,500 if relocating.
Official sources
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