Dementia is common in the elderly and its prevalence has increased in the last decades. Curricula of the Brazilian Medical Schools include teaching of dementia issues, but there are no reports in the medical literature about quality of this teaching. A study on the knowledge towards dementia among hundred fifty-five students in the final of the last semester of the medical graduation (2 public medical schools-FMB/UNESP and EPM/UNIFESP, has been proposed. In this transversal study, a British self-administered instrument (already culturally adapted to Brazil) on knowledge towards dementia was used; 92(59.7%) had good training on cognitive impairment during their undergraduate medical course, and of these, 67(58,7%) had only theoretical basis. 142 (93.4%) reported taking extracurricular courses them during under graduation course. The students obtained a mean of 6.9 on the general knowledge score, considering a scoring scale from 0 to 14 points. The results can be used in the analysis of mandatory content during medical training. Curricula of the Medical Schools should be in line with epidemiological aspects of the country.
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