Predisposing factors for university dropout in the medical career

Abstract

The present research has been carried out with the main objective of analyzing the predisposing factors of university desertion in the medical career of the Universidad de la Integración de las Américas Ciudad del Este Branch, during the period 2022, for this purpose a mixed methodology has been implemented, of transectional descriptive scope, using a pre-validated quantitative instrument submitted to a contextualized validation by experts, in addition to the qualitative application of an interview directed to five professors of the career, three hundred and fifty-five medical students were part of the invited sample. Specifically from the teacher's perception, the pillars of dropout risk are constituted by the personal reasons associated with the emotional and academic factor in relation to the vocation, based on the lack of maturity of the student and the situation of management and educational quality with regard to the institutional organization and the teacher. The statistical data in terms of the description of the economic factors showed that they are determinants of the risk of dropping out, the fact that if the family stops helping to pay for the course (41.1%) or the cost of the course increases in the course of the formative path (49.95), these are situations of extreme risk. In conclusion, the economic factor is directly related to possible dropout in the study population.