[Institutional and departmental teaching hours of 2 curricula at the medical school of the São Paulo University--comparative analysis].

The teaching results of the curriculum adopted at the Medical School of the University of São Paulo in the last three years were compared with those observed formerly. There was a diminution of 15.97% of teaching hours at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences and an increase of 3.68% of teaching hours at the Medical Faculty. The highest increase was observed at the Department of Radiology (27.77%) and the lowest at the Department of the Preventive Medicine (40.0%). This fact shows that the greater importance was given in the new curriculum to the part concerning specialization.