Preparation for admission to the medical career: student satisfaction

• Autores: Izaguirre-Bordelois, Marioneya, López-Aristica, Lidia, Betancourt-Castellanos, Liset, Torres-Izaguirre, Marcos A.
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizan
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán
• Lenguaje: español; inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.unheval.edu.pe:article/1550
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.unheval.edu.pe/index.php/repis/article/view/1550
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: school performance; exam performance; school results; medical students; rendimiento escolar; rendimiento en los exámenes; resultados escolares; estudiantes de medicina

Objective. To determine the satisfaction of first-level students with their preparation prior to entering the Medicine career at the Technical University of Manabí. Materials and methods. A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out. A questionnaire validated by expert criteria, with options questions and an open question, was applied to 111 students who were studying the first level of the Medicine career during the period October 2017 to February 2018 and thus know how they valued their previous preparation. at the beginning of their university studies and the leveling semester. In addition, the route of entry and the behavior of failure in that period in the different subjects were analyzed, data that were summarized by using absolute numbers and percentages. Results. 44.1% of the students were male and 62 (55.9%) female, of which the average age was 18 years, 84.8% took entrance exams to access the race. Most of the students evaluated their previous preparation as satisfactory, and more than half said they were partially satisfied with their expectations in the preparation during the leveling semester. The contents of Anatomy were the ones that the students expressed the most should have been reinforced in the leveling. Conclusion. The preparation received by the students, prior to admission, according to the criteria of a majority, turned out to be satisfactory. The leveling semester partially met the expectations of the students.