[Profile of medical schools of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, in 1996].

The author examines different aspects of medical schools located in the region of São Paulo State (Brazil). There are 19 schools corresponding to 23% of the total number of medical schools in Brazil. The analysis includes elements about students and teachers, including their number and academic titulation; elements about teaching-learning process are also evaluated. An important contribution is the comparative analysis of the curricular evolution from 1986 to 1996.