Perfil de concursos públicos de Odontologia no Estado da Paraíba.

Abstract

The literature shows that public tenders is one of the best ways to insert both the dentist and other health professionals in the Family Health Strategy and other public health services. The objective of this study was evaluate tests profile of Dentistry public tender in the state of Paraiba, and examine the coherence between the proposal of the ESF and the contents of professionals selection for this job. Tests were recovered through research in two very accessible sites that provide tests of public tenders in Brazil; PCI Concursos and Folha Dirigida, as well as in sites of the most representative companies in the tender bids in Paraiba state. Across the state were public tender available to the office of dentist in 42% (n = 94) of towns, from 2007 to 2015. To analyze the data, were created three categories: QG, questions that covers general questions in the tests, 44% of covered content. QT, individual technical questions which is equivalent to 83% percent the questions related the specific knowledge and QC, corresponding to 27% of questions related to collective character. Among the areas that involve the individual technical requirements, the Dentistry discipline was the most prevalent (23.4%). In descending order, the specialties with most questions was Biosafety with 19.2%, followed by surgery with 11.9%. From the results, it is clear that the public tenders for professional dental surgeons who want to work in the ESF in Paraiba, address mostly content of dental specialty clinics and still have lack of questions covering the scope of public health. It should be noted that the test content of these tenders is very important to select the professional to work in Family Health Care, which is extremely important to the success of work in team and consequently for the quality of service offered to the population.