[Power and gender in relationships between teachers and students in medical schools].

Background: Education is a continuous, critical, holistic process that not only intends to transmit knowledge, abilities, and skills, but also permeates attitudes, values and dispositions, becoming a decisive element to fight inequality in all its nuances.

Aim: To characterize the type of power that is established in relation to gender, between teachers and students, from the perspective of students and medical teachers from two Chilean universities.

Material And Methods: Qualitative study, according to Grounded Theory.