Criação de um aplicativo de estudo para residência médica baseado na perspectiva do usuário

Abstract

Introduction: Newly graduated doctors seek the title of specialist, facing competitive selection processes. Preparatory courses and digital tools appear in search of approval. Thus, the objective of the study was to build an application focused on medical residency tests based on the user's perspective and opinion. Methods: A crosssectional analytical study was carried out to investigate students' understanding and perspective on the selection process and the use of applications. From this study, an application to aggregate medical residency evidence was developed. Results: Most of the interviewed students (93.7%) wanted to do residency and understood the costs involved. Study apps were frequently used (72.7%) by most students (86.8%) and were used for self-assessment (75.0%) and identification of deficient content (65.6%). It was possible to develop a mobile application that partially met the needs reported by users. Conclusion: Applications are tools that assist in the study and self-assessment for selection of medical residency, however the available ones do not meet the user's needs. The prototype of a mobile application that aggregates questions was developed, adapted to the profile of this user, which supplies shortcomings pointed out, such as free access and the possibility of creating personalized tests.