Tensions loom as interns drop by 1,000 since November

2024-08-21 04:00:06
July 20, 2022, Quatre-Villes Hospital Center, Saint-Cloud (Hautes-Seine).

This is not surprising. This number has been known more or less since the spring, but it’s sure to create buzz as the deadline approaches. Hospitals, which are already under huge pressure on their human resources, will find themselves reduced by 1,000 interns from November – the young doctors who train at hospitals after completing their sixth year of study. The same goes for the next two semesters.

After the boarding school entrance examination reform was implemented in the 2023-2024 school year, about 1,000 students preferred to repeat a grade rather than participate in the new competition, or a small number of them did not qualify for the examination. A minimum grade is required and the formula is designed to better assess the knowledge and skills of these future professionals.

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Result: By adding certain repeaters (670 repeaters who repeated in their fifth or sixth year, still using the old competitive system), the number of new interns employed in the hospital in the fall will reach 8,479, compared with The number of interns will be 9,500 in 2023.

“I don’t see any other solutions”

Among the first promotions brought about by the reform, here are the number of vacancies announced by profession and region (“segmentation”) In a decree of July 7lit the powder. A total of 7,974 positions (approximately 7,800 candidates) were offered in this reformed competition, compared with 9,484 positions in 2023, a decrease of 16%. one petition condemn a ‘Gross injustice’and an urgent appeal for more jobs to be re-opened, with more than 40,000 signatures on Wednesday 21 August.

Hélène Herubel, a sixth-year student at the School of Medicine at the University of Paris-Cité, is worried about this: ” of [la] first simulation [du début du mois d’août], We see majors becoming more difficult to obtain. » Although given her grades and the minimum ranking required, she thought she could get a position in otolaryngology She believes students should find themselves forced to choose another one for the 2023 competition, admitting she is now considering completing her course abroad. Final assignments will take place on September 10th. Another concern expressed in the petition: Working conditions have worsened, with fewer interns and more shared guards.

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