{"id":1251,"date":"2013-05-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-01-21T16:08:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T16:08:41","slug":"603c6d8074649","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consejoderectores.cl\/en\/2013\/05\/29\/603c6d8074649\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion of the Vice President on the National Medical Exam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past week, we have observed the debate surrounding the possible elimination of the National Medical Exam, a test that certifies the level of theoretical knowledge of the country&#039;s medical graduates. The argument is that accreditation alone is sufficient to certify that students from an educational institution are prepared to enter the workforce. We believe this is a mistake, especially given that we see universities of dubious quality offering medical degrees successfully obtaining accreditation.<\/p>\n<p>The exam has been a collaborative effort spanning years between government authorities and the universities of the Council of Rectors. While we acknowledge that it requires changes to prevent leaks, we believe that eliminating it would undermine quality assurance in a profession so sensitive and strategic for the country.<\/p>\n<p>Juan Manuel Zolezzi, Vice President of the Council of Rectors<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hemos observado durante la \u00faltima semana el debate en torno a la posible eliminaci\u00f3n del Examen M\u00e9dico Nacional, prueba que certifica el nivel de conocimientos te\u00f3ricos de los egresados de Medicina del pa\u00eds. El argumento es que basta con la acreditaci\u00f3n para certificar que los alumnos de una casa de estudios est\u00e1n preparados para salir [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sin-categoria"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Opini\u00f3n del Vicepresidente acerca del Examen M\u00e9dico Nacional - Consejo de Rectoras y Rectores de las Universidades Chilenas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/consejoderectores.cl\/en\/2013\/05\/29\/603c6d8074649\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Opini\u00f3n del Vicepresidente acerca del Examen M\u00e9dico Nacional - Consejo de Rectoras y Rectores de las Universidades Chilenas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hemos observado durante la \u00faltima semana el debate en torno a la posible eliminaci\u00f3n del Examen M\u00e9dico Nacional, prueba que certifica el nivel de conocimientos te\u00f3ricos de los egresados de Medicina del pa\u00eds. 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