Abstract

ECHEVERRY-RAAD, Jairo. General and academic issues of the candidates and admitted to the specialty of Pediatrics at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. rev.fac.med. [online]. 2015, vol.63, n.1, pp.33-45. ISSN 0120-0011.  https://doi.org/10.15446/revfacmed.v63n1.45953.

Background: There is little research on the process of admission to medical and surgical specialties. Objectives: To characterize the candidates and admitted to the Program of Pediatrics, at National University of Colombia (UN). Material and methods: We studied the applicants and admitted to the program, cohorts 2009 to 2011, the rate and factors associated with the admission. Results: 997 applicants it was identified. Females predominated (71%) with a median of 28 years old, from Bogotá. The graduation took place in the middle of cases in public institutions of Colombia. It was convened to interview 125 applicants (12.5%) and 42 were accepted, therefore 34% of those invited to interview and 4.2% of the applicants. The average rating in Cognitive and English test was 2.72 and 2.63 respectively. In the shortlisted but not admitted, the Final Score was 3.19, and 3.54 in the admitted. Among the admitted, women predominated (60%) of 28 years old, graduates of public universities (88%). Robust and significantly, admission could be predicted by the score on the cognitive test, the curriculum score, undergraduates from UN, rating in the interview, male gender, younger age and rating in English test (LR ji² (7) = 307.93, R²=94.7%, p=0.0000). Admission was explained, after controlling other variables, almost exclusively by the rating on the Cognitive Test (LR ji² (1) = 300.53, R²=92.08%, p=0.0000). Conclusion: This work shows the consistency and transparency of the process of admission to the Specialty of Pediatrics, at the National University of Colombia.

Keywords : Pediatrics; Internship and residency; Educational Measurement; School Admission Criteria.

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