Risk factors for students desertion from the UASLP School of Medicine, México
Hernández-Mata, Jé.María.; Hernández-Castro, R.; Nieto-Caraveo, A.; Hernández-Sierra, J.Francisco.
Gaceta Medica de Mexico 141(5): 445-447
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0016-3813 PMID: 16353894 Document Number: 585995
To obtain the profile of students that deserted from the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi, México. Cases and controls nested in a cohort. 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. The significantly associated factors to abandon the Faculty of Medicine were: high school of origin (OR=2.43), extra-ordinary exam (OR=3.13), and lack of vocation (OR=2.41). The subjacent factors for not deserting from the Faculty of Medicine were: study habits, capacity for sustained effort, and tolerance to frustration.