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The College of Medicine of Sorocaba is the original name of the School of Medical Sciences and Health of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, which is the unit of PUC-SP dedicated to teaching and research in health. The FCMS has three courses: Medicine, Nursing and Biological Sciences. It is located in the city of Sorocaba which has a population estimated by the IBGE of 584.313 inhabitants.HistoryThe College of Medicine of Sorocaba was founded on December 8, 1949. However, the idea and the preparations took place well before. More precisely in 1947, when Dr. Gualberto Moreira was elected mayor. At that time, the mayor of Sorocaba had at hand all the tools available to found several colleges, especially a medical school, making Sorocaba become known from "Manchester Paulista" into a "city of schools".The inauguration of the hospital school occurred on January 6, 1951. At that time there were 13 medical schools in Brazil, two in the state of São Paulo: USP, 1913, and Paulista School of Medicine, 1933. Therefore, Sorocaba was the third operating in the state.The history of the School has been documented by Dr. Hely Felisberto Carneiro in 248 pages of his book "The Medical School of Sorocaba and 50 years of its history" which is available for loan and consultation in the Library of PUC and for sale at bookstore campus (MedShop).StructureThe campus offers laboratories in the areas of Anatomy, Biology, Histology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Parasitology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Surgical Techniques, Informatics, Imaging, Procedures, and a laboratory for morphological and functional support activities to various modules.