This work reviews the model used as basis for the curricula of medical universities in North and South America as well as in most European countries. Some criticism about this model is identified on the curricular reformulation of the medicine course of Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). The review of the document about curricular reformulation of UFF, from 1992, as well as how it compares to its previous curriculum regarding the history of the biomedical model, the curricular theory, and Ludwik Fleck's epistemology, measures the relevance of this reformulation as an alternative to the biomedical model of forming doctors and to the reductionism of the human being to its biological organism. The new curriculum - with a 25% raise in credit hours and the inclusion of many new practical classes since the beginning of the course - although still focusing the biological aspects, already shows a more humanist formation and intends to question the "scientifical truths".
biomedical model; medical education; medical curriculum; reformulation of the medical curriculum