Quando alterações curriculares abrangentes são propostas para os cursos de Medicina, como
A B S T R A C T
Whenever great changes in the curriculum of medical courses are proposed, as is the case in the current implementation of an integrated curriculum, the teachers are expected to change their role from mere knowledge providers to a more cooperative and integrating role, facilitating the teaching-learning process. Such changes can cause insecurity, a sense of powerlessness and consequently resistance to these changes. To qualify the teachers for their new functions is thus