title: [Risk factors for students desertion from the UASLP School of Medicine, México].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To obtain the profile of students that deserted from the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi, México.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cases and controls nested in a cohort.
  
  
  METHODS
  All students that voluntarily deserted between 1992 and 2002 were consulted. Each student was compared in an aleatory form with a regular student and a proper questionnaire was applied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The significantly associated factors to abandon the Faculty of Medicine were: high school of origin (OR=2.43), extra-ordinary exam (OR=3.13), and lack of vocation (OR=2.41).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The subjacent factors for not deserting from the Faculty of Medicine were: study habits, capacity for sustained effort, and tolerance to frustration.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría, Facultad de Medicina, UASLP, SLP, México.
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hernández-Mata
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hernández-Castro
authors.forename: Amado
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nieto-Caraveo
authors.forename: Juan Francisco
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Hernández-Sierra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D012307:Risk Factors; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013332:Student Dropouts / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013337:Students, Medical