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Interest in research among medical students: Challenges for the undergraduate education

Summary Introduction: In recent decades, there has been a reduction in the number of graduates from medical schools who choose to pursue a career in scientific research. That has an impact on the profile of graduates, since medical education depends on understanding the formation of scientific evidence....

A ceroplastia e a medicina legal na Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, 1934-1950

Resumo O artigo busca investigar as relações entre a ceroplastia e a institucionalização da disciplina de medicina legal na Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. As peças em cera, representando doenças ou partes do corpo que seriam objeto da perícia médico-legal, foram produzidas p...

Predictors for choosing the specialty of Family Medicine from undergraduate knowledge and attitudes

Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT: CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: A cold climate towards primary care (PC) within medical academia could form a barrier against choosing family medicine (FM) as a career option. This study was designed to determine whether medical students' knowledge of and attitudes towards FM predicted their career ch...

Development of clinical reasoning in an undergraduate medical program at a Brazilian university

Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE The cognitive processes relating to the development of clinical reasoning are only partially understood, which explains the difficulties in teaching this skill in medical courses. This study aimed to understand how clinical reasoning develops among undergraduate medical st...

Script concordance test in medical schools in Brazil: possibilities and limitations

Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (2), 2016
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Routine use of the script concordance test (SCT) is not common in Brazilian universities. This study aimed to analyze application of the SCT in the medical school of a Brazilian university. DESIGN AND SETTING: Quantitative, analytical and descriptive study in the medical school ...

Geriatric teaching in Brazilian medical schools in 2013 and considerations regarding adjustment to demographic and epidemiological transition

Summary Objective: This study aims to describe the profile of medical schools that introduced courses on Geriatrics and Elderly Health or Aging in their curriculum, and compare such information with the age distribution and health epidemiological data of the Brazilian population, using data until the ye...

Análise da Colaboração nos Grupos de Interesse Especial da Rede Universitária de Telemedicina (RUTE)

J. health inform; 8 (1), 2016
Objetivo: No Brasil a Rede Universitária de Telemedicina (RUTE) é uma iniciativa que visa promover a integração em telemedicina e telessaúde de hospitais universitários, hospitais certificados de ensino, faculdades de medicina e demais cursos da área da saúde, através de infraestrutura de tecnol...