%0 Journal Article %T Factores determinantes de la deserci車n escolar en el Policl赤nico Docente "Frank Pa赤s Garc赤a" Determinant factors of the school desertion in Frank Pa赤s Garc赤a Teaching Polyclinic from Santiago de Cuba %A Nadia In谷s Infante Tav赤o %A Neity Mendo Alcolea %A Monserrat V芍zquez S芍nchez %J MEDISAN %D 2012 %I Centro Provincial de Ciencias M谷dicas %X Se realiz車 un estudio de tipo investigaci車n en el campo de la educaci車n m谷dica de pregrado a 33 estudiantes del primer a o de medicina en el primer semestre del curso 2010-2011 en el Policl赤nico Docente "Frank Pa赤s Garc赤a" de Santiago de Cuba, con vistas a identificar los factores determinantes de la deserci車n escolar de este per赤odo. Para obtener la informaci車n, se aplic車 un cuestionario a los educandos, avalado por criterios de expertos, y se llevaron a cabo m谷todos te車ricos y emp赤ricos (descritos en el trabajo). Se obtuvo que la deserci車n escolar fuera elevada y entre sus principales causas estuvieron la insuficiencia docente, el abandono y la falta de orientaci車n vocacional. A study of investigation type was carried out in the field of pregraduate medical education to 33 first year students in the first semester of the course 2010-2011 at "Frank Pa赤s Garc赤a" Polyclinic in Santiago de Cuba, with the objective of identifying the determinant factors of the school desertion in this period. To obtain the information, a inquiry was applied to the students, endorsed by experts' criteria, and theoretical and empiric methods (described in the work) were carried out. It was obtained that the school desertion was high and among its main causes there were teaching inadequacy, desertion and the lack of vocational guide. %K estudiante universitario %K educaci車n m谷dica %K deserci車n escolar %K insuficiencia docente %K orientaci車n vocacional %K university student %K medical education %K school desertion %K teaching inadequacy %K vocational guide %U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1029-30192012000400006