• Oscarina da Silva Ezequiel, Paiva Bianca Sakamoto Ribeiro BSR http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2711-8346 . Hospital de Câncer de Barretos, Barretos, Brasil., Lucchetti Alessandra Lamas Granero ALG http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1096-1038 . Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de For, Carlos Eduardo Paiva, Ivana Lúcia Damásio Moutinho, Robson Aparecido Dos Santos Boni, and Giancarlo Lucchetti.
• . Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brasil.
• Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2020 Mar 1; 66 (3): 257-262.

ObjectiveThe present study aims to compare medical students' quality of life (QoL) at two Brazilian institutions with different pedagogical conceptions.MethodsWe studied students during the first four years of medical school at two institutions (one using active methodologies and small groups and the other using traditional lectures and large groups). We used a demographic questionnaire and the WHOQOL-BREF.Results820 medical students were included. No significant differences in quality of life were found in general, nor while evaluating the course phase, except for the physical WHOQOL, which was lower for 2nd-year students at the institution with traditional lectures, even when adjusted for gender.ConclusionOur findings revealed that, despite having very distinct pedagogical conceptions and characteristics, there were no significant differences in medical students' QoL scores between both institutions. These results are surprising and differ from our initial hypothesis, which expected better QoL for those using more active and student-centered methods.

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