Our medical school has a problem-based curriculum. Students spend four hours a week in the primary care base, since the first week of the course, lasting the first four years, in a group of 8 students. They are   coordinated by a nurse supervisor, in the first two years , and with medical doctors in the next 2 years.

Medical Schools  in Brazil are traditionaly centered in hospital- based schools and  very especialized doctors. However, from the last 20 years, our National Health Sistem  focused attention in primary care and in a family based health program. In order to promote general practitioner or family medicine specialty more attractive  for medical students in Brazil, medical schools and the Brazilian Govern are stimulating  medical students early exposure  in  the community based learning

Early exposure of the students to primary care stimulates a better understanding of its importance.

Thanks to all the nurses - teachers in this Project (Andiara, Marcia, Maria Amelia, Marilia,Paula) , all the primary care professionals that help student´s formation  and thanks to Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de São José do RIo Preto.