[Preparatory courses for medical residency: students point of view].

OBJECTIVE To know the opinion of Medical interns, University of Brasilia on the preparatory courses for medical residency. METHODS Application of a standardized questionnaire to students if the first year of internship. RESULTS Sixty-seven of the 74 students (90.5%) of the first two semesters of internship participated. Among them, 57 (85.1%) are enrolled or intend to enroll in preparatory courses. Only 28.4% (19 students) believe that participation in these courses disrupt the activities of the internship. Participation in preparatory courses is considered crucial to the approval in the residency exams for 36 respondents (53.7%). When asked about the most important factor for the approval in the exams, 91.0% claimed to be the period of theoretical study. But when the focus of the study is professional training, 92.5% acknowledged the activities during the internship as the most important. CONCLUSION Most students interviewed consider that participation in preparatory courses is important to be approved in the residency programs' admission exams and that this participation does not hinder the activities of the internship.