Within the field of health, it is necessary to continuous improvement. Not only to offer a better service to patients but also for personal satisfaction. Therefore, upon graduating from university it is possible to continue with educational training. Although there are many paths, one of those chosen by thousands of young people is to study a specialty. If this is your case, then the following information will be useful to you because the call for the National Examination of Applicants to Medical Residences (ENARM) 2022.
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.
Overall objective
Select the Mexican and foreign female doctors and general practitioners who aspire to carry out a Medical residence through a specialized university course.
Specific goal
Carry out the selection of female doctors and general practitioners who aspire to take a medical residency through a fair, transparent, legal and professional process. It does so through the application of an objective and valid tool 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 that was published by the Interinstitutional Commission for the Training of Human Resources for Health (CIFRHS).
Registration deadlines
For the registration stage that considers the processes of: pre-registration on the INTERNET, payment, complete electronic registration and closing of the registration stage, for which the following periods are established:
- PRE-REGISTRATION ON THE INTERNET: From 10:00 a.m. on April 11, 2022 until 4:00 p.m. on April 25, 2022.
- PAYMENT: From April 13, 2022 to May 3, 2022.
- COMPLETE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION: From 5:00 p.m. on May 3, 2022 until 5:00 p.m. on May 27, 2022.
- CLOSING OF THE PORTAL FOR REGISTRATION: 5:01 p.m. on May 27, 2022.
Cost and dates of the ENARM 2022
The payment to take the exam this year has a cost of three thousand pesos. While the test will be carried out from September 27 to 29. Although a clarification that the ENARM 2022 call mentions is that its application will be subject to the instructions and measures that the health authorities determine in relation to the health emergency by Covid-19. With this in mind, it is possible that there will be changes if there is a reversal of the epidemiological traffic light.
official headquarters
This year there are four venues throughout the national territory but the biggest novelty is that Mexico City does not appear. Now a better distribution in the country was sought and the selection was as follows.
- Hermosillo, Sonora.
- Leon, Guanajuato.
- Puebla, Puebla.
- Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas.
The assignment of the venue, date and application shift will be announced to each applicant on August 5, 2022, through the module called “Consult Situation”. So from that date they must take the provisions to go to the assigned headquarters, date and shift. Once the venue, date and application shift have been established, no changes will be made.
The addresses of the headquarters of each Federal Entity may be consulted on the Internet page of the CIFRHS of the September 5 to 9, 2022.
On the other hand, just like last year, now the specialty selection will be made after taking the exam and not before, as was customary. Whereas now there are 27 options available to choose from.
- Pathological anatomy.
- Anesthesiology.
- Audiology, Otoneurology and Phoniatrics.
- Quality of Clinical Care.
- General Surgery.
- Epidemiology.
- Medical Genetics.
- Geriatrics.
- Gynecology and Obstetrics.
- Imaging, Diagnostic and Therapeutic.
- Sports and Physical Activity Medicine.
- Rehabilitation Medicine.
- Emergency Medicine.
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
- Family Medicine.
- Internal Medicine.
- Legal Medicine.
- Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.
- Preventive medicine.
- Pneumology.
- Ophthalmology.
- Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery.
- Clinical Pathology.
- Pediatrics.
- Psychiatry.
- Radiation Oncology.
- Traumatology and orthopedics.
Exam Structure
The ENARM explores contextualized cognitive skills in clinical cases focused on Public Health, Emergencies and Family Medicine; of the four core specialties: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Gynecology, Obstetrics and General Surgery.
The exam includes questions structured in reagents with a clinical case format, containing two to three questions for each clinical case; a single correct answer option in the best answer modality and three distractors.
Test results
Exam score report: At the end of the exam application, each applicant will be informed of their score, which will be printed in duplicate, and must be signed by hand, keeping an original. There is no reprint of the score report for any reason.
Report of the selected doctors: During the month of November, the selected pages will be published on the CIFRHS website. Something important is that the call for ENARM 2022 does not mention a specific date to know the selected pages.
For now, if you are interested You can directly read the official document prepared by the CIFRHS at this link.