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HERNANDEZ-MATA, José María; HERNANDEZ-CASTRO, Rodrigo; NIETO-CARAVEO, Amado  y  HERNANDEZ- SIERRA, Juan Francisco. Risk factors for students desertion from the UASLP School of Medicine, Mexico. Gac. Méd. Méx [online]. 2005, vol.141, n.5, pp.445-447. ISSN 2696-1288.

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.

Palabras llave : Desertion; school of medicine; risk factors.

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