Creative Education, 2018, 9, 1187-1195 http://www.scirp.org/journal/ce ISSN Online: 2151-4771 ISSN Print: 2151-4755 DOI: 10.4236/ce.2018.98088 Jun. 29, 2018 1187 Creative Education Medical Education: Curriculum Comparison between Brazil and Portugal Antonio da Silva Menezes Junior, Iria Brzezinski Pontifical Catholic University of Goias, Post-Graduation in Education Program Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil Abstract This research focuses on the educational policies and practices related to medical training. Historical materialism and dialectical approaches were used to conduct qualitative research using the comparison study of the two cases. The sample was intentional, with observations in two medical schools, one Institution A from Brazil and another Institution B from Portugal. The objec- tive was to compare and analyze the curriculum policies and practices of or- ganizations with respect to the educational policies of each country. The simi- larities between the courses were: 1) the teaching of student-centric curricu- lum and 2) the profile of the medical graduates. However, the largest differ- ences were highlighted in the social integration proposed by Institution A, and the budget for research and for internationalization proposed by Institu- tion B. In conclusion, it was observed that both institutions try to materialize the educational projects according to their current norms and seek to follow a reflective approach in order to achieve social transformation in contextual re- ality. Keywords Medical Education, Curriculum, Educational Policies, Qualitative Research 1. Introduction This work aims to contribute to the scope of changes related to a world view, of man and woman, of education, of university, of training of trainers, of curricu- lum as a pedagogical practice, consistently motivated in education and health epistemology. Therefore, it is believed in the indigence to achieve through coexistence and with the understanding of the two areas of professional practice, a level of “po- litical awareness” (Freire, 1999) that allows to be teacher and critical doctor, in How to cite this paper: da Silva Menezes Junior, A., & Brzezinski, I. (2018). Medical Education: Curriculum Comparison be- tween Brazil and Portugal. Creative Educa- tion, 9, 1187-1195. https://doi.org/10.4236/ce.2018.98088 Received: March 27, 2018 Accepted: June 26, 2018 Published: June 29, 2018 Copyright © 2018 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access