• Mário César Scheffer, Aline Gil Alves Guilloux, Mario Roberto Dal Poz, and Lilia Blima Schraiber.
• PhD in Sciences, Professor of the Department of Preventative Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
• Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2016 Dec 1; 62 (9): 853-861.

ObjectiveTo evaluate the socio-demographic profile, path to medical school admission and factors affecting the choice of becoming a physician in Brazil.MethodApplication of a structured questionnaire to 4,601 participants among the 16,323 physicians who graduated between 2014 and 2015 that subsequently registered with one of the 27 Regional Boards of Medicine (CRMs).ResultsThe average age of participants is 27 years, 77.2% are white, 57% come from families with a monthly income greater than ten times the minimum wage, 65% have fathers who have completed higher education, 79.1% attended a private high school, and 63.5% selected the "will to make a difference in people's lives or do good" as their main reason for choosing medicine, with some differences between the sexes and matriculation at a public or private medical school.ConclusionThe recent politics for educational diversity and the opening of additional medical schools has not yet had an impact on the socio-demographic profile of graduates, who are mainly white, wealthy individuals.

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