At the 2017 internship exams, ophthalmology is the most popular discipline. Conversely, 48 of the 137 occupational health posts have not been filled.
The results of the boarding school choices are finalized. Future doctors had to choose their specialty, and they can no longer go back. This year, 8,281 positions were offered – including 233 places in Public Service Engagement Contract (CESP). In all, 304 of them were not filled, that is to say a little less than 4%.
The future doctors favored ophthalmology, as usual. Two new specialties make a spectacular entry on the podium: plastic surgery, and infectious and tropical diseases. Cardiology and dermatology, accustomed to places of honor, complete the top 5.
Occupational medicine is at a standstill
On the other side of the ranking, it is general medicine which tops the neglected specialties, in absolute value. Some 214 places did not find takers. But this only represents a little more than 6% of the total number, because general medicine is the specialty that offered the most positions (3313).
On the other hand, future interns have really shunned occupational medicine. Of the 137 places offered, 48 did not find a taker. This represents more than a third! It is nevertheless better than last year. The filling rate then painfully exceeded 50%. Geriatrics, but also psychiatry and public health are the only three others to leave vacancies.
Paris does not necessarily attract
The National Association of Young Geriatricians had sensed it. During the summer, before the students validate their choices in September, she had tried to rally future doctors to her specialty. She had led a campaign, especially on social networks, to promote the interest of geriatrics. In vain, apparently. Of the 200 places available, 29 were not filled, ie a filling rate of just over 85%.
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– AssoJeunesGeriatres (@ajghasso) August 17, 2017
Even if it leaves 8 posts underway (out of 505), psychiatry is not doing so badly, with a filling rate of 98.5%. It’s a little better than public health (94%).
On the hospital side, some do not seem to have the favors of future doctors. The University Hospital of Tours and Limoges failed to recruit 9% and 12% of their workforce respectively. Hospitals in eastern France (Besançon, Dijon, Nancy, Reims) also all leave a few posts in the way. The least attractive hospital price goes to the Caen CHU, which lacks 14% of interns. Paris, surprisingly, is not full either, with 10% of unfilled positions.
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