Students wishing to move on to the second year of medicine are currently faced with the tough selection linked to the numerus clausus, this annual quota of students set by the government. To succeed in the first year, the candidates must work hard and sometimes have sleepless nights. This system could be called into question if we are to believe our colleagues from France Info. Exit the end of the first year competition and the numerus clausus, these measures could be planed in favor of a more inclusive system with contours yet to be determined. Students could take partials at universities to access the second year. The medicine sector would be closer to the functioning of the other sectors. The objective behind these reforms would be to diversify recruitment and modernize these too elitist studies. Because the system in force does not necessarily guarantee better practitioners, recognizes the government implicitly.
In 2017, out of nearly 60,000 candidates, only 8,200 were admitted to medicine last year, barely 15% of participants, recalls France Info. The relaxation of the selection policy for future doctors, if it takes place, could provide an answer to the shortage of general practitionersand the issue of medical deserts by increasing the number of practitioners in the labor market. But the effects would not be felt for years.
A selection possible at the end of the third year
If these changes are made, two options are on the table: either the numerus clausus would be replaced by a “numerus apertus”, with access defined by each university. Either the idea of the competition would be maintained but would take the form of a selection at the end of the license with possibly a competition. So many avenues to be clarified for the government.
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