[Attitude of medical students to the preventive and social aspects of medical education and practice]. / La actitud de los estudiantes de medicina hacia los aspectos preventivos y sociales de la enseñanza y del ejercicio médicos.

This paper reports on a study carried out in the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous National University of Mexico to discover the attitudes of a group of students toward the preventive and social aspects of medicine, and their own professional aspirations. It was found that these students were aware of the importance of these aspects, and that they inclined by preference to the practice of a clinical specialty. No correlation was found between the patterns of the students' professional aspirations and their attitudes. The authors feel this could mean that attitudes are determined by the overall influence of the society, but the aspirations by the structure of the labor market and the prevailing medical practice model. It is suggested that a similar survey be done of the same group of students at the completion of their studies to determine the possible effects of the educational process on their attitudes. Comments are made and recommendations put forward for solving methodological problems that arise in studies of this type.

La actitud de los estudiantes de medicina hacia los aspectos preventivos y sociales de la enseñanza y del ejercicio médicos / Attitude of medical students to the preventive and social aspects of medical education and practice

This paper reports on a study carried out in the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous National University of Mexico to discover the attitudes of a group of students toward the preventive and social aspects of medicine, and their own professional aspirations. It was found that these students were aware of the importance of these aspects, and that they inclined by preference to the practice of a clinical specialty. No correlation was found between the patterns of the students' professional aspirations and their attitudes. The authors feel this could mean that attitudes are determined by the overall influence of the society, but the aspirations by the structure of the labor market and the prevailing medical practice model. It is suggested that a similar survey be done of the same group of students at the completion of their studies to determine the possible effects of the educational process on their attitudes. Comments are made and recommendations put forward for solving methodological problems that arise in studies of this type (Au)

La actitud de los estudiantes de medicina hacia los aspectos preventivos y sociales de la ensenanza y del ejercicio medicos. / Attitude of medical students toward preventive and social aspects of medical education and practice

En este trabajo se da cuenta de una investigacion realizada en la Faculdad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico para conocer las actitides de un grupo de alumnos hacia los aspectos preventivos y sociales de la medicina, asi como sus aspiraciones profesionales. Se observo que los estudiantes reconocen la importancia de estos aspectos y que se inclinan prefeitamente por la practica de una especialidad clinica. No se encontro una relacion entre el patron de aspiraciones profesionales y las actitudes de los alumnos. Los autores consideran que esto pudiera indicar que las actitudes estarian determinadas por la influencia global de la sociedad, pero que las aspiraciones serian resultado de la estructura del mercado de trabajo y del modelo de practica media vigente. Se sugiere la realizacion de una investigacion similar con el mismo grupo de estudiantes al termino de su carrera para determinar el posible efecto del proceso educativo sobre el cambio en sus actitudes. Tambien se formulan comentarios y recomendaciones para resolver problemas metodologicos que surgen en estudios de este tipo