The changes brought about by the military dictatorship in Brazil altered in a decisive fashion the institutional life of the USP Medical School. Amid the complexity of a medical school under mounting political and institutional pressure, the creation of a medical course capable of forming a "new" professional - a movement born from the hosts opposed to the regime - resulted in a rupture both in its curriculum and among its students. On one side, there was the course that had been taught so far, the Traditional Course, on the other side, a curriculum proposal of the then-called Experimental Course, which, even though short-lived (1968-1974), made possible a series of experiences never thought of before or permitted as far as the teaching and the practice of medicine were concerned. It is worth noting, from among the professors interested in promoting such an innovative proposal, the presence of Maria Cecília Ferro Donnangelo, one of the most prominent intellectual figures in the field of Collective Health in Brazil, whose biographical trajectory was intertwined with that event of pedagogical and political dimensions. Following such an experience, in its advances and retreats, is a central part of this study.
Medical Curriculum; USP Medical School Experimental Course; Maria Cecília Ferro Donnangelo; History of Medical Education