The wait is about to end and the National Examination of Aspiring Medical Residences (ENARM) looks closer and closer. Despite the current health emergency, it seems unlikely that the application date will change. Therefore, if everything remains as planned then September 25-30 will be the application days.
If you have already complied with the entire process then at this time you already know the exact date and venue at which you must show up. Also by now you should have given a general review of everything you learned during university.
What topics should be studied?
In that sense, there are multiple exam preparation courses that you can attend. Although in general terms the base is always the Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) because they are the documents on which the reagents are based.
Now, according to the official call published by the Interinstitutional Commission for the Training of Human Resources in Health (CIFRHS), the structure of ENARM 2021 will be quite similar to that of previous years. It will be composed of clinical cases focused on Public Health, Emergency and Family Medicine.
Likewise, it is mentioned that the clinical case format contains one to three questions and there is only one correct option in the modality of the best answer and three distractors. While the test is focused on four core specialties.
- Internal Medicine.
- Pediatrics.
- Gynecology-Obstetrics.
- General Surgery.
On the other hand, last year’s ENARM presented several modifications that will surely be repeated in 2021. Throughout history the test has changed to try to stay updated with respect to what is happening in the world. One of the clearest examples occurred in 2009 when the test included several items about influenza, which was then the main novelty.
Now, something quite similar happened at ENARM 2020, but now focused on Covid-19. If you presented it, you know that it was one of the topics that was asked in the exam. Although due to the impact of the disease, which has already caused the largest pandemic in the last 100 years, it is certain that it will continue in the following editions.
Similarly, among those who presented the test last year mentioned that among the news About 20 dental questions were included. It is a topic that was not covered before and many did not study it. While it is expected that for this 2021 the distinctive thing is to include aspects related to humanistic medicine because it is the new profile that we want to give to health professionals.
What kinds of questions are going to be included?
From the above it is that the doctor known on Youtube as Dr. Garcia created a video that can be of help to you. From the testimonies of those who presented the last test, he identified that there are three basic aspects about Covid-19 that all applicants should know.
- Know how to identify the pathology.
- Know how to identify risk factors.
- Know the main general treatments.
In addition to that, it is also necessary to have a clear idea about the timeline around the disease. That implies, since its appearance in the world, the first contagion in Mexico, the declaration of emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the application of the first vaccine.
Other points that should be known are that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is the cause of the disease and belongs to the nidoviral family. As something essential that you should keep in mind are some of the main clinical cases on this topic that were asked at the ENARM 2020.