This study aims to discuss the difficulties faced by medical schools in the implementation of curricular changes, within the context of the Incentive Program for Curricular Changes for Medical Schools - PROMED. Interviews were conducted with heads of medicine courses and local SUS managers, as well as focus groups with students and teachers. The main limiting factors are related to teachers, students, educational institutions, SUS services/management and the conditions established in the PROMED Rules. Regarding the teachers, there was resistance to the proposed changes, insufficient teacher training and lack of knowledge about the Pedagogical Project of their own institution. Among students, the main barriers were related to practice in Primary Health Care settings and to restrictions regarding the training of physicians of a generalist profile. The conditions inadequacy of the Basic Health Units, as a teaching scenario, was the main difficulty related to services/management. The study shows the diversity and complexity of the obstacles faced by medical schools in implementing their projects for curricular change. This requires joint efforts of actors and institutions involved in the realization of the proposed change.
Medical Education; Curriculum; Curricular Change
