[The propedeutic course given at the School of Medicine and the academic performance of the students that passed it]. / Consideraciones sobre el Curso Propedéutico que se dicta en la Facultad de Medicina y sobre el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes que lo aprobaron.

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.

[Propedeutic course in the medical school at Panama University in 1989]. / El curso propedeútico en la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Panamá en 1989.

An analysis was made of the data necessary to establish a pre-university propaedeutic course in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Panama, and its qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the results obtained. The necessity to select the students who wished to enroll in the faculty of medicine was demonstrated because of the failing of the student, whichever was due to inclination, aptitude or scientific knowledge. This is in order to avoid that the student incorrectly chooses a course in which he could not successfully study.