New medical programs as a symbol: between academic legitimacy and market signaling

• Main Authors: Enrique Fernandez Darraz (Author), Andres Bernasconi (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Arizona State University, 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Medical education is complex, highly regulated, and expensive. Why would a university open a medical program? Yet, from 1990 to 2010 medical schools in Chilean universities increased in number from 6 to 28. This growth took place as overall enrolments also expanded four-fold nationally in all fields...