title: [The propedeutic course given at the School of Medicine and the academic performance of the students that passed it].
abstract: A report of the results of the Propedeutic Course in the Medical School of the University of Panama is informed. This course was established by the Academic Council, at the request of the Medical School, to diminish the registration form 280 to 180 students, taking into account the low academic performance of the students with the lowest grades in the Admission Process. The study showed that the correlation indices of the students in the Propedeutic Course and in the first regular semester was low. The study also showed that the number of students from the Propedeutic Course who repeated or were separated from the school, was higher than those from the regular semester.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Panama.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: de Camargo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Rivera
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: de Garrido
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Consideraciones sobre el Curso Propedéutico que se dicta en la Facultad de Medicina y sobre el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes que lo aprobaron.