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RISCO DE DOMINGUEZ, Graciela. Applicants and entering to the school of Medicine of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, 1962-1994. Rev Med Hered [online]. 1995, vol.6, n.2, pp.59-71. ISSN 1018-130X.

A study is made on the socio-economic characteristic and educational background of the applicants and students entering the School of Medicine of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH); the study covered the period from 1962 to 1994, and it also compared related information from other universities in our country, showing similar variations in the numbers of applicants. In the UPCH the openings for medicine remained nearly 70 since 1962 until 1991, period in which the need for physicians increased, and the competition for entering reached a 60:1 proportion, stiffer than in any other university of the country. Most of the applicants to UPCH seek admittance to medical school and come from the metropolitan area of Lima. The study also shows an increasing number of younger applicants (15-16 years), of women, and of private schools graduates, whose parents have higher education. Entering students show similar characteristics, except that their age is higher than 18 years and that the interval between the end of school and the admittance to the university is increasing. A discussion is made of the observed findings. (Rev Med Hered 1995; 6: 59-71).

Palabras clave : Admission; applicants; entering students; socioeconomic characteristics,; educational background.

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