Abstract
Rising educational costs for medical education in Brazil threaten the quality of vocational training. For this reason, to investigate the subject and deepen the debate on a topic of national importance, the guiding question of the research arises: what is the literature produced about the cost of medical education in Brazil? To solve the research question, a systematic literature review was performed with the objective of mapping the available literature to provide a diagnosis of the studies that addressed cost in higher education in medicine in Brazil. The proposed methodology for the study is a systematic review developed along the lines of the Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines. The initial search resulted in a total of 690 jobs. After applying the eligibility criteria, the final sample consisted of 28 manuscripts. The results indicate an increase in the cost of medical education because the use of live animals and carcasses as teaching tools, due to ethical issues and difficulties in obtaining, have been replaced by simulators that can achieve high costs depending on the degree of fidelity.