PRELIMINARY REPORT ON FEMININE MEDICAL MATRICULATION IN ARGENTINA.

Following Reichenbach and Brown's proposal6 about the need of more evidence related with gender and academic medicine and basing upon former personal communications7-9, we carried out a triennial quantitative and qualitative analysis, ethically framed, in two medical schools (one, belonging to our University and the other, to the Litoral National University) (2005-2008). It intended to begin the investigation of the possible reasons underlying in this increasing phenomenon. Basically, we applied a toll to 22% and 15% of the total admitted masculine and feminine students (n= 510). Complementarily, 25 women and 25 men, selected from a population of 200 tolled students, were interviewed. This selection obeyed to specific guidelines for a more rich, valid and reliable registration10-12.