[Career aims of medical students in Brasilia (author's transl)].

Data obtained through a survey questionnaire show that on starting the internship, about half of the University of Brasilia medical graduates expressed a preference for primary care activities and predominant interest in assuming responsibility for patient care. Career aims and choice stability seem to be affected in various ways by personality, academic, and demographic factors. There is no evidence of a prevailing influence of the educational setting on the final pattern of career choice, notwithstanding the indications that the teaching model adopted may influence the development of the choice.