Revista médica de Chile
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Revista médica de Chile · Aug 2015
[Legal recognition of transsexuality in Chile through the judicial procedure for name change].
Do transsexual people in Chile have a right to have their gender identity or their sex reassignment legally recognized? The absence of any legislation on gender identity or transsexualism could lead us to believe that it is not the case. However, a quantitative review of decisions issued by Chilean courts during the last years on name-and sex-change requests filed by transsexual people reveals that most of these courts have accepted these requests. ⋯ Lastly, a qualitative analysis of those decisions suggests that the traditional reluctance of courts to interpret the law in a creative way has been overcome in these cases by the use of knowledge and discourses belonging to healthcare sciences. This is an example of an epistemological complementariness between medicine and law.
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Revista médica de Chile · Aug 2015
[A standardized practical examination for title revalidation of graduates of foreign medical schools].
The University of Chile, backed by its extensive experience in Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs), performs the practical exam to graduates of foreign medical school in this format. This test format would give more guarantees of validity and fairness as compared with the previous oral examination that was required for title revalidation. ⋯ The possibility of obtaining comparable results in a transparent process makes the OSCE the assessment tool of choice for title revalidation of physicians migrating from foreign countries.