medigraphic.com
Colegio de Medicina Interna de México.

2013, Number 5

<< Back Next >>

Med Int Mex 2013; 29 (5)

Does the Medical Residency National Exam of Mexico serve?

Prieto-Miranda SE, Jiménez-Bernardino CA, Jiménez-Bernardino JA, Esparza-Pérez RI

Language: Spanish
References: 12
Page: 518-524
PDF size: 193.01 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The National Exam of Medical Residencies (ENARM) in Mexico is the instrument by which general practitioners are selected for a medical specialty. It is a knowledge test with a multiple-choice questions format, covering basic sciences, clinical sciences and public health. From the first year of its implementation, the exam has evolved, but its structure and clarity has been questioned very often. Besides not all applicants have the same opportunity of being selected perhaps because of, among many others, the distribution of medical schools is not equitable, the disparity of medical education, only 65% of the institutions are accredited, there is little professionalization of teachers, the use of old teaching techniques and the oversubscribed specialties. Thus general practitioners come to this exam with many educational deficiencies that do not allow them to have an easy access to a specialty. Despite the above, it is increasingly notorious the lack of specialists in the medical environment. Many training deficiencies must be corrected, to consider the ENARM as a proper exam.


REFERENCES

  1. NOM-090-SSA1-1994 Norma Oficial Mexicana para la Organización y Funcionamiento de Residencias Médicas. Disponible en: http://www.salud.gob.mx/unidades/cdi/ nom/090ssa14.html

  2. Asociación Mexicana de Facultades y Escuelas de Medicina (AMFEM). Disponible en: http://www.amfem.edu. mx

  3. Reconocimiento de Validez Oficial de Estudios Superiores Federales y Estatales. Disponible en: http://www.sirvoes. sep.gob.mx/sirvoes/jspQueEsRvoe.jsp

  4. Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior (ANUIES). Disponible en: http://www.anuies.mx/content.php?varSectionID=2

  5. United State Medical Licensing Examination. Disponible en: http://www.usmle.org

  6. Preparing for the Test. Disponible en: http://www.usmle.org/bulletin/test-preparation/#testformat

  7. Number of Attempts Allowed To Complete All Steps and Time Limits. Disponible en: http://www.usmle.org/bulletin/eligibility/#timelimit.

  8. El fraude como norma en el ENARM. Disponible en: http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2011/10/15/opinion/016a1pol.

  9. XXXVII Examen Nacional para Aspirantes a Residencias Médicas. Disponible en: http://www.cifrhs.salud.gob.mx/.

  10. Vázquez G, Murillo-Cabezas F, Gómez J, Martín C, Chaves JL. El examen MIR, su cambio como una opción estratégica. Educ Med (Barc) 2008;11:203-206.

  11. Aspa-Marco FJ, Rodríguez de Castro F. Evaluación final: ¿sirve el examen MIR? Educ Med (Barc) 2010; 13 (Supl1): S73-S77.

  12. Oppenheimer A. Finlandia: los campeones del mundo. Basta de Historias. México: Random House Mondadori, 2010;63-90.




2020     |     www.medigraphic.com