Overview of general surgery medical residency programs and prerequisite program in basic surgical area in Brazil: Historical review and update.

Objective: to describe vacancy regulation process by adding, describing the panorama of the General Surgery Residency Program (PRMCG) and the Basic Surgical Prerequisites Program (PRACB).

Method: descriptive, quali-quantitative, cross sectional study conducted from document analysis from National Commission of Medical Residency (CNRM).

Results: in 2018, after evaluation of the General Surgery Services for adequacy of the number of vacancies (DS), the PRACB was instituted as a modality of access to surgical specialties until definitive change in the time of the formation of the general surgeon for three years, in 2022.