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Table 1 Universities participating in the study: profile and professional expectations of medical students from 11 Latin American countries

From: Profile and professional expectations of medical students from 11 Latin American countries: the Red-LIRHUS project

Country

Medical schools

Total no.a

No. includedb

Funding

Location

Medical students

Private

Public

Capital city

Provinces

Surveys gathered

Surveys valid

Bolivia

19

4

2

2

1

3

1749

1618

Chile

19

6

3

3

0

6

611

606

Colombia

50

11

6

5

1

10

1482

1423

Costa Rica

8

1

1

0

1

0

149

148

Ecuador

23

1

0

1

0

1

1270

1174

El Salvador

6

1

1

0

1

0

94

94

Honduras

1

1

0

1

1

0

1011

990

Mexico

83

2

0

2

0

2

237

201

Paraguay

8

1

0

1

1

0

164

156

Peru

31

31

15

16

7

24

3940

3768

Venezuela

11

4

0

4

2

2

933

894

Total

259

63

28

35

15

48

11,640

11,072

  1. a Total number of medical schools by country according to the World Directory of Medical Schools [21]. This list might not be up-to-date
  2. b Number of medical schools included in the study
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BMC Research Notes

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