Self-improvement is an aspect that all health professionals must have. It is a fundamental trait to never remain static or fall into conformity. Therefore, after graduating from university there are many paths that can be taken. One of the most popular is to take a residency but first you need to get a place. All this comes to collation because this week the call for the National Examination of Applicants for Medical Residences (ENARM) 2022 with all the details for the registration of those interested.
What is the exam for?
It is an objective and consensual instrument for measuring knowledge in the context of the practice of general medicine, which constitutes the first stage of the process to enter the National System of Medical Residencies (SNRM).
The ENARM is developed through audited and notarially certified processes in all its phases, it has a comprehensive security system that guarantees the quality, security and confidentiality of the process.
General purpose
Select Mexican and foreign general practitioners and physicians who aspire to complete a medical residency through a specialty university course.
Specific goal
Make the selection of medical doctors and general practitioners aspiring to pursue a medical residency through an equitable, transparent, legal and professional process. It does so through the application of an objective and valid instrument for measuring contextualized knowledge in clinical cases corresponding to the competencies of a general practitioner.
That said, now is the time to review the ENARM 2022 call which was published by the Interinstitutional Commission for the Training of Human Resources for Health (CIFRHS).
Amount of mandatory payment to be covered by applicants
The pre-registration process for ENARM 2022 has already begun, but you must remember that it is not free. Based on the call, in order to have the right to take the exam, you must comply with the payment of three thousand pesos.
In this case, the figure shows no changes compared to last year. While the payment is intended to cover all the expenses generated by a test of this type. With this, it ranges from the payment to the specialists in charge of preparing the different versions of the exam and the salary of the personnel in charge of taking care of the facilities of the venues.
Earnings generated by the ENARM
To answer the question we rely on the official figures provided by the authorities and that are public knowledge. In the 2021 edition, it was announced that a total of 49,479 young people took the exam.
In this way, when doing the multiplication, it is obtained that for the simple concept of registration to present the ENARM CIFRHS received a total of 148 million 437 thousand pesos.
However, as has happened in previous years, not all applicants who start the process complete it. With this in mind, it should be taken into account that some who made the payment did not come to present the proof. Therefore, the total figure could be even higher.