Esp Teaching in Contemporary Medical Education In Brazil

Abstract The early 2000s have witnessed significant changes in medical education in Brazil, especially because of the creation of the More Doctors Program (Programa Mais Médicos) in 2013 and the publication of the resolution that establishes the National Curricular Guidelines for Medicine undergraduate courses in 2014. The latter focuses on a human, critical and socially responsible education, which comprehends the development of the proficiency in a foreign language, preferably a lingua franca. The objectives of this paper are (i) to map the inclusion of foreign languages, particularly Engli...