For-profit growth and academic decline: a retrospective nationwide assessment of Brazilian medical schools
Our findings reveal that the unregulated expansion of for-profit medical schools in Brazil has been accompanied by a decline in academic performance, as measured by national benchmarks. These patterns suggest a structural misalignment between the commercial logic of expansion and the core educational mission of medical training. Regulatory reforms are urgently needed to realign the growth of medical education with principles of academic quality and social accountability.
Authors
- Bruno B. Andrade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6833-3811)
- Rodrigo Caldas Menezes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1853-3449)
- Luiz Fernando Quintanilha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8911-9806)
- Klauss Villalva-Serra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9499-7929)
- Kátia de Miranda Avena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2179-3893)
Institutions
- Instituto de Saúde (BR)
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Medicine
- Published
- 2025-07-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1617885
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 17.62
Funders
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz