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LIMA, Maria Cristina Pereira. Sobre trote, vampiros e relacionamento humano nas escolas médicas. Rev. Bras. Educ. Med. [online]. 2012, vol.36, n.03, pp.407-413. ISSN 1981-5271.

The students’ relationships with one another and their teachers can become difficult at different times. However, entrance into the university seems to be a particularly tense moment, due to the hazing suffered this stage of their academic lives. This study presents a review of the literature on the hazing, especially that have happen in medical schools, trying to identify the characteristics and maintaining factors of those ritual. In parallel, constructs a metaphor of the vampire myth, proposing this legend as a paradigm for understanding the human relationships in the medical schools. The common characteristics between vampires and victims, found in myth, and these interrelationships are discussed in medical schools, approaching at possible management strategies.

Palavras-chave : Medical Education; Institutional Ethics; Bullying.

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