Abstract

GUEVARA, Milady; TERAN, Iris  and  RODRIGUEZ, Zaida. Enrollment and academic perfomance in medical school: "Dr. Witremundo Torrealba". University of Carabobo, Venezuela. Comunidad y Salud [online]. 2011, vol.9, n.2, pp.34-43. ISSN 1690-3293.

The enrollment process at the University of Carabobo, was published in 2003 overruling the old process which dates back to 1990. It dictates the various forms of standard income and the number of places that offer, for new students, faculties and schools over an academic period. The conditions of admission and campus of origin has been the subject of discussion in Venezuela in relation to the academic performance of students, both from the government sector and from universities themselves. In order to analyze the relationship, a descriptive study was developed among the student population enrolled in the School of Medicine Dr. Witremundo Torrealba "in the period 2003-2006, which was surveyed at the time of enrollment in 2007 with the purpose of obtaining information about their shape income, year coursing, type of campus of origin and socioeconomic data. It also records the dates of the official request to verify the academic performance variable using a scale based on the approval of the number of subjects studied by year. The results suggest that the internal evidence as income is a form of alternative income opportunities, which serves the student population in public and private institutions, highlighting the best performing students from private institutions, but there is no obvious evidence of a relationship between the form of income and academic achievement obtained by students in developing their medical studies.

Keywords : Student Admission; admission tests; admission arrangements; admission selection; student achievement; studies medicine.

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