"The first edition of the Enamed exam evaluated 350 medical programs, offered by public and private institutions, through an exam administered to nearly 90,000 students. Universities received a failing grade if less than 40% of their students were able to demonstrate the basic knowledge required to practice medicine. Particular concern has been raised by the fact that 13,000 final-year medical students flunked the official exam."
"The medicine schools with the worst scores are mostly municipally owned (created and managed by city councils) or run by private, for-profit entities. Beyond the public shaming, the students will not be penalized, but their universities will. They are prohibited from increasing the number of admissions; instead they may maintain their current number or will have to reduce it, depending on how bad their scores are."
Enamed assessed nearly 90,000 final-year students across 350 Brazilian medical programs. One-third of evaluated programs failed to prepare students to practice under minimally acceptable conditions, and 25% of students failed the exam. Thirteen thousand final-year students flunked the official exam and may soon enter clinical practice unless intervened upon. The worst-performing schools are largely municipally owned or private for-profit institutions. Universities that fail face limits on admissions and may be forced to reduce intake, while students are not directly penalized. The Federal Council of Medicine is exploring measures to prevent poorly prepared graduates from beginning clinical practice. Brazil maintains the world's largest public healthcare system.
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