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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1981-5271</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Brasileira de Educação Médica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. bras. educ. med.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1981-5271</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Associação Brasileira de Educação Médica]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1981-52712015000200268</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1590/1981-52712015v39n2e00162014</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Gender Might Be Factor for Student Admission in Two Brazilian Medical Schools]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Gênero Pode Ser um Fator na Seleção do Vestibular de Duas Escolas Médicas Brasileiras]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Beraldi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gabriel Henrique]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gagliardi Filho]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julio Cesar]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nunes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maria do Patrocinio Tenorio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gannam]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Silmar]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade de São Paulo  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[São Paulo SP]]></addr-line>
<country>Brasil</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>39</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>268</fpage>
<lpage>275</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1981-52712015000200268&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1981-52712015000200268&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1981-52712015000200268&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[This is a secondary data-based study conducted to investigate whether gender is related to acceptance. Two Brazilian Medical Schools, Universities A and B, were studied. Their entrance exams (EE) were analysed and the number of candidates who took the EE was compared to the number of students admitted to the MS according to gender, in the period between 1995 and 2009. The same data from MS in the United States in 2011 was also evaluated. There was an increase in the percentage of female applicants but it did not correspond to the percentage of admitted students of the same gender. There was a trend of selecting men. At A, 39.3% of the applicants and 47% of the admitted students were men (OR = 1.37; CI95% = 1.24 &#8211; 1.51). In B, men represented 39.3% of the applicants and 65.4% of the admitted students (OR = 2.93; CI 95% = 2.76 &#8211; 3.11). This was not seen in US MS. The analysis of the EE suggests that the greater selection of men could be a product of EE format.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Este &#233; um estudo de dados secund&#225;rios para investigar se o g&#234;nero &#233; um fator determinante na admiss&#227;o do vestibular de Medicina. O vestibular de duas escolas m&#233;dicas (EM) brasileiras, universidades A e B, foi analisado, e o n&#250;mero de candidatos de cada vestibular foi comparado ao n&#250;mero de alunos matriculados em cada EM de acordo com o g&#234;nero no per&#237;odo de 1995 a 2009. Os mesmos dados dispon&#237;veis dos Estados Unidos (EUA) em 2011 foram avaliados. Notou-se um aumento do n&#250;mero de mulheres prestando vestibular de Medicina, mas este aumento n&#227;o correspondeu &#224; porcentagem de mulheres matriculadas. Houve uma tend&#234;ncia a selecionar mais homens. Em A, 39,3% dos candidatos e 47% dos estudantes admitidos eram homens (OR = 1,37; IC95% = 1,24 &#8211; 1,51). Em B, os homens representavam 39,3% dos candidatos e 65,4% dos estudantes admitidos (OR = 2,93; IC95% = 2,76 &#8211; 3,11). Estes resultados n&#227;o foram confirmados nas EM dos EUA. A an&#225;lise do EE sugere que a maior sele&#231;&#227;o de homens poderia ser produto do formato dos vestibulares.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[&#8211;Entrance exam]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[&#8211;Gender]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[&#8211;Admission]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[&#8211;Medical Education]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[&#8211;Vestibular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[&#8211;Gênero]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[&#8211;Admissão]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[&#8211;Educação Médica]]></kwd>
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