Influences of models of medical training and practice in Brazil:

the development of global health

Abstract

This study seeks to point out some goals for the understanding of medical education in Brazil, starting with the notion of international health sponsored by agencies such as the Rockefeller Foundation in the first half of the twentieth century, through health programs to combat infectious diseases and health education actions. When discussing health education in Brazil, or in other world scenarios, reference to the Flexner Report and the role it played in the reformulation of medical education in several countries. Many of its recommendations are still relevant, especially those related to the social role of medical practice, in addition to those that emphasize the importance of experimental learning – "learning by doing". However, the model of medical education still preponderant in Brazil is organized by linear conceptual structures, with disciplinary curriculum matrix, traditional formats of pedagogical practice and submission to corporate professional logic, common characteristics of the Cabanisian model.