Introduction: Medical professionalism is facing a crisis due to the transition from liberal practice to becoming employees of corporations that manage health related issues with criteria corresponding to the prevailing socioeconomic model which also influences medical concepts and practices. Objectives: To describe how medical students perceive their professionalism; to identify influencing contextual factors and to portray its implications in student´s lives and professional performance. Design: Qualitative research framed in a study regarding the contribution of the rural internship to the medical undergraduate program. Participants: Last year students of medical school. Setting. Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile. Interventions. Fifteen semi-structured interviews were performed to students in their last year at medical school. Narrative analysis followed by interpretation of i...

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