Abstract

LEON-BORQUEZ, Ricardo; LARA-VELEZ, Víctor M  and  ABREU-HERNANDEZ, Luis F. Medical education in Mexico. FEM (Ed. impresa) [online]. 2018, vol.21, n.3, pp.119-128.  Epub Aug 16, 2021. ISSN 2014-9840.  https://dx.doi.org/10.33588/fem.213.949.

This article makes a critical review of the current state of medical education in Mexico, reviews the main problems, imbalances and options for improvement. It describes the context of its development and the emergence of medical institutions of international excellence, which coexist with others of very low level, showing how social asymmetries are also reflected in medical education producing different qualities. It refers to the development of the education of general practitioners, analyzes their disorderly growth that has led to a crisis in the availability of clinical positions for teaching, and reviews the mechanisms of titling and the delivery of exercise licenses. It postulates the need to better regulate the opening of medical schools and the need for an exam that verifies the quality of the graduates and reviews the insufficient supply of work. It analyzes the development of the medical postgraduate degrees as masters and doctorates, as well as medical specializations. It points out that the masters and doctorates had a parallel development to the national institutes of health and have maintained a development linked to the research of the health sector. It reviews the origin of the specializations and the residency system in Mexico, analyzes the problem of admission to the specializations, the excess of demand and the problem of their quality, and the certification of specialists. Analyzes the organization and validity of continuing medical education in Mexico. Concludes by making proposals for quality improvement, to favor innovative medical education.

Keywords : Doctorates; Masters; Medical education; Medical specializations; Mexico; Postgraduate degrees.

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