Only 661 graduates of Dominican universities passed the standardized national test that establishes the candidates have sufficient knowledge and skills to practice medicine at public hospitals in the Dominican Republic. Some 4,624 graduate physicians sat for the exams last month.
Wilson Roa, president of the Dominican Medical Guild (CMD), said the low pass rate is a warning that universities may need to revise their curriculum and programs. Of the 4,624 physicians, 2,019 were graduates of the state university, UASD, 821 of Utesa and 605 of the UCE.
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El Dia
21 March 2018
