title: [On the Brazilian National Medical Educational Examination].
abstract: In Brazil, implementation of the so-called "Provão", or National Medical Course Examination, has raised numerous levels of discussion. This article aims to identify patterns in some of the more controversial issues: whether the Exam is really an instrument for evaluation of medical courses themselves, or that of future physicians; adequacy of assumptions underlying the questions as formulated; and lack of precision in the questions.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 01246-903, Brasil. castil@usp.br
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Castilho
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cohn
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D004501:Education, Medical; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D012577:Schools, Medical