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Gac Med Mex 2005; 141 (5)

Risk factors for students desertion from the UASLP School of Medicine, México.

Hernández-Mata JM, Hernández-Castro R, Nieto-Caraveo A, Hernández-Sierra JF

Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 445-448
PDF size: 35.94 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Objective: To obtain the profile of students that deserted from the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi, México. Design: Cases and controls nested in a cohort.
Methods: All students that voluntarily deserted between 1992 and 2002 were consulted. Each student was compared in an aleatory form with a regular student and a proper questionnaire was applied.
Results: The significantly associated factors to abandon the Faculty of Medicine were: high school of origin (OR=2.43), extraordinary exam (OR=3.13), and lack of vocation (OR=2.41).
Conclusion: The subjacent factors for not deserting from the Faculty of Medicine were: study habits, capacity for sustained effort, and tolerance to frustration.


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