espanolUna pregunta que se hace la sociedad, principalmente la medica, a raiz de los acontecimientos recientes durante los que ha perdido la vida de la forma mas injusta una pasante de medicina, no obstante haber alertado de las amenazas recibidas sin que hubiese una respuesta satisfactoria. Razon por la que es necesario revisar la permanencia del servicio social en medicina. Existe una Norma Oficial Mexicana, NOM-009-SSA3-2013, que establece los criterios para la utilizacion de los establecimientos para la atencion medica como campos clinicos para la prestacion del servicio social de medicina. El medico pasante en servicio social se debe sentir seguro, y no en indefension cuando no tiene el apoyo que en teoria deberia recibir de las autoridades sanitarias y de educacion. Por ningun motivo el medico pasante debe estar solo en una unidad medica sin la supervision y asesoria de medicos titulados, que aseguren su integridad fisica y psicologica. Solo asi el servicio social realizado por el pasante en medicina tiene su razon de ser. El medico pasante en servicio social es un alumno en formacion. EnglishA question that society asks itself, mainly the medical, as a result of recent events in which a medical student her life in the most unjust way. However, she had warned of the threats she had had without there being a satisfactory answer. It is necessary to review the permanence of social service in medicine. There is an Official Mexican Standard, NOM-009-SSA3-2013. That establishes the criteria for the use of establishments for medical care as clinical fields for the provision of social service of medicine. The medical student in social service must feel safe, and not feel defenseless. When they do not receive the support that in theory he should receive from the health and education authorities that feeling of insecurity gets worse. Under no circumstances should the medical student be alone in a medical unit, without the supervision and advice of qualified doctors, ensuring their physical and psychological safety. Only then, the social service performed by the medical student has its reason for being. The medical student in social service is a student in training.