Professional councils and the oversight of medical training: legal and ethical foundations

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Abstract

The accelerated and disorderly expansion of medical courses in Brazil has raised ethical and social
concerns about the quality of medical training. This article addresses the role of regional medical
councils in overseeing medical training, not as interference in university autonomy, but as a legitimate
and necessary exercise of their institutional mission to protect society by overseeing the exclusive
medical act of teaching specifically medical disciplines. The research method used is normative analysis.
The analysis is based on Brazilian legislation, the principles of bioethics, and the legal theory of implied
powers. Resolutions 7/2024 and 8/2025 of the Regional Medical Council of the State of Rio Grande do
Sul are also analyzed. It is argued that poor professional training is a form of structural violence against
patients and compromises the very ethical pact of medicine.

Keywords:

Medical training, Schools, medical. Organization and administration. Bioethics.

Author Biographies

Eduardo Neubarth Trindade, Conselho Regional de Medicina do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil.

Eduardo Neubarth Trindade – Doutor – entrindade@hcpa.edu.br
0000-0002-0491-0736

Tania Furlanetto, Conselho Regional de Medicina do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil.

Tania Furlanetto – Doutora – taniafurlanetto@gmail.com
0000-0002-8300-2073

Manoel Roberto Maciel Trindade, Conselho Regional de Medicina do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil.

Manoel Roberto Maciel Trindade – Doutor – manoelrmtr@gmail.com
0000-0001-7809-8296

Bernard Rodrigues Netto, Conselho Regional de Medicina do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil.

Bernard Rodrigues Netto – Mestre – bernard.netto@cremers.org.br
0009-0001-6428-9451

Juliano Lauer, Conselho Regional de Medicina do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil.

Juliano Lauer – Especialista – julianolauer@hotmail.com
0000-0002-0591-2952

Márcia Vaz, Conselho Regional de Medicina do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil.

Márcia Vaz – Doutora – marvaz961@gmail.com
0000-0003-3466-9653

Vol. 34 (2026): Continuous publication

Published:

2026-04-07

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-803420264070PT

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Neubarth Trindade E, Furlanetto T, Maciel Trindade MR, Rodrigues Netto B, Lauer J, Vaz M. Professional councils and the oversight of medical training: legal and ethical foundations. Rev. Bioét. [Internet]. 2026 Apr. 7 [cited 2026 Apr. 19];34. Available from: https://revistabioetica.cfm.org.br/revista_bioetica/article/view/4070

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