It was made official through Supreme Decree No. 013-2024-SA this assessment and this Weighted average of professional career They will be the only requirements for establishing the order of merit in the selection process for places.
It did not take long for this decision to be criticized by health institutions and experts. Medical College of Peru (CMP) has expressed its disapproval of this decree.
Pedro RegaDean of Peru’s Medical College announces Commercial Contrary to what Minsa indicates, this measure represents a loss for meritocracy and transparency in the competition for the allocation of serum places. Riga says that eliminating national medical exams could lead to a decrease in the skills of doctors.
,This assessment serves as a mechanism to ensure that doctors adequately provide care in the most vulnerable areas of the country. By this decision, Testing will no longer be planned, organized, conducted and verified By the Peruvian Association of Faculties of Related Professional Careers (ASPEFAM)“The Dean of CMP explained.
It should be remembered that, since 2004, to access the serological position it is necessary to take the National Medical Exam (ENAM) prepared by the Peruvian Association of Medical Faculties (ESPEFAM).
In that line, Water It is described that the abolition of ENAM is a decision”Irresponsible“And it should be repealed. Likewise, the Dean pointed out that the decree “The regulator has not undergone qualitative analysis that demonstrates its necessity and its positive impactFor evaluation of doctors doing serum.
For this reason, the CMP has filed a Popular calls for action Before the Constitutional Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of Lima to demand the illegality of the rules.
“MINSA did not give any guarantee for the new exam”
For its part, Minsa guarantees the participation of various institutions and unions “Ensure the quality and security of assessments”: Comptroller General of the Republic, Ombudsman’s Office, Public Ministries, Professional Health Associations, Faculties of Health Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine.
However, Riga told this newspaper that the supreme decree had been published “without consulting the CMPSimilarly, in its X account on July 18, Minsa reported a meeting with the CMP to address the scope of the new examination process.
This post was “rated”biasedOn their Instagram account by CMP.Riga pointed out that MinSA “did not provide sufficient guarantees about the quality and safety of the proposed new exam.”They don’t even tell the rules for seat allocationhe adds.
“Chaos and Reformation” at Serum’s 2nd Annual Selection.
On August 1, MINSA approved Resolution No. 514-2024 which includes Guidelines for the evaluation of serum. The standard indicated that the person responsible for the development of the process Directorate General of Health Personnel (DIGEP) and established the creation of a regional working group that will have the responsibility to develop a plan for the implementation of the Serum 2024-II evaluation.
It will be composed of the following:
- Two representatives from the Directorate General of Health Personnel.
- A representative of the Directorate-General for Strategic Interventions in Public Health.
- A representative of the General Office of Planning, Budget and Modernization.
- A representative of the General Office of Human Resources Management.
According to the resolution, this working group may request collaboration, advice, support, opinions and technical contributions to MINSA bodies, projects and programmes.
One of the main questions about the solution lies in the criteria for the second serum process this year (2024-II). As mentioned before, Supreme Decree 013-2024 established that the new evaluation by Minsa and the weighted average position of the professional career will be the only requirement to determine the order of merit in the selection process.
However, as per the recent proposal, exceptionally, if the applicant “They must have taken the aforementioned national exam before the association of faculties and/or schools of the respective professional career (the name which stands for), the grade obtained in the said assessment may be considered.
As if this was not enough, the rule also mentions applicants They can choose to take the new Minsa exam And the grades they obtain make them valid to aspire to one of the Serum places.
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Water He told this newspaper that it revealed “Disorder and reform of Minsa” In the implementation of the new exam, he also warned about the danger that students who fail in Enam will have a second chance to access the serum.
At the moment, the evaluation schedule for the SERMs 2024-II process is not known nor is the number of places known. The places should be selected before October,” Riga said.Ceramists who entered the program September 2023 should be substituted in october. otherwise, The remote communities where they still work will be left without doctors“, He warned.
Two former ministers questioned the Minsa decision
In conversation with CommercialFormer Health Minister Hernando Cevallos pointed out that MINSA’s position is irresponsible, since it does not have the consent and participation of health professional associations. In addition, he assured that the proposal does not have any suitability or technical support.
“This is a A serious blow to the reputation of health professionals and scientific evaluation in Peru. There is a suspicion that some universities are seeking to take advantage, as their graduates who failed the exam can now rent places without having the qualifications. Irresponsible The risk is that incompetent professionals end up caring for the poorest“, he insisted.
Cevallos warned that MINSA’s decision “would lead toSmuggling of exams due to political interests”, he said.
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For his part, former minister Victor Zamora also expressed his concerns about the recent MINSA proposal.”It is a sign of contempt. These professionals will serve the vulnerable population in rural areas”, he indicated. Likewise, he expressed that the criterion attacks the pillars of any health system, such as guaranteeing adequate care to the population, improving its quality and seeking equity of service among the entire population.
Along these lines, Zamora expressed that conducting the test that allows access to the serum by Minsa is a “This setback highlights the ‘mediocrity’ of the medical profession and leaves the poorest vulnerable,