Summary:
Aiming to get further information to improve the teaching of Deontology, a questionnaire was sent to all the 76 medical schools in the Country, based on data from the National Medical Schools list which resulted from the Development of Human Resources Programme in Brasil.
The analysis of the results led to the conclusion that the teaching of Deontology must be given during all the undergraduate course, through debates between teachers and students, with priority to teachers with clinical, psychological and humanistic background. The authors indicate the problem-solving method as the chosen procedure for the ethical education of the student.