%0 Journal Article %T Considera£¿£¿es sobre o Prov£¿o %A Castilho %A Euclides A. %A Cohn %A Am¨¦lia %J Cadernos de Sa¨²de P¨²blica %D 2000 %I Escola Nacional de Sa¨²de P¨²blica, Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz %R 10.1590/S0102-311X2000000400032 %X in brazil, implementation of the so-called "prov£¿o", 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. %K medical education %K evaluation %K health occupations. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-311X2000000400032&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en