The call for applications has already been published Secretary of National Defense (SEDENA) 2024 to study at the Military School of Medicine.
In this military school, those interested in this call will graduate as military surgeons and if that were not enough, they will have exemplary discipline.
But what is the training like in the Military School of Medicine? Is it advisable to study medicine in a military school?
We will give you the answers to these questions below, so that if you are convinced to first study the Medical Surgeon career and two at the Military School of Medicine.
Military School of Medicine Training. SEDENA 2024 call
The training course for Military Surgeon It lasts 6 years, of which 4 years are as a cadet and 2 years as a medical intern.
Regarding the situation of the student on campus: As a boarder or intern from Monday to Saturday, with weekend rest, and must report on Sunday afternoons, in accordance with the schedules established on campus.
Future projection: They will be assigned by the SeSecretary of National Defense to the different health levels of the organizations of the Mexican Army and Air Forcewhere they will apply and develop the knowledge of their profession.
Throughout their military professional path, they will have the opportunity to pursue postgraduate studies (master’s, specialty or residency) in military establishments or in national or foreign civilian institutions.
Foreign military personnel will be granted a certificate and title of Military Medical Surgeon, returning to their country once they complete their studies.
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What is the Military School of Medicine?
The Military School of Medicine is a higher-level military education institution committed to the training of Military Surgeons of excellence, competent to perform at the first level of medical care of the Mexican Army and Air Force.
All under the scientific, ethical, humanistic and military doctrine principles contained in the Military Educational Model, with the skills and abilities that allow them to continue with their professional path, in any branch of medicine and carry out technical and scientific research activities in the area of medical science.
SEDENA 2023 call registration
Online registration will be on the SEDENA website, where you must request and print your application with a privacy notice, suggesting the use of the internet browsers “Explorer” and “Mozilla Firefox” (latest version).
This first step began on November 1, 2023 and will end at 11:59 p.m. on February 17, 2024.
If you want to start your registration, Press here.
Once registered via the internet, you will have 96 hours to appear at the nearest exam center, see Annex Q located on page 168 of the call.
At these sites, they will undergo a medical evaluation consisting of weight and height measurements (civilian and military applicants must meet the BMI specified for each of the military establishments, since if they are overweight at any stage of the admission process, including the confirmatory doctor will be grounds for exclusion).
If the candidate is approved for the somatometry exam, the validator of the exam center will proceed to capture data in the validation system, for which the applicant must present the documentation (not apocryphal, without deletions or amendments since this will be grounds for exclusion)
Documents you must present
The documents that you must present for this first process are the following:
- Two signed online registration applications with privacy notice
- CURP: Original and copy
- Military identity card: Original and copy (military personnel only)
- Birth certificate original and copy
- Proof of address that was recorded in the online registry: Original and copy
- Original of the medical certificate issued by a doctor who has a professional license and is working in an institution registered with the Ministry of Health, only civil personnel (annex H, page 137 of the call)
- Medical certificate prepared by the corresponding health level, necessary to take the physical capacity exam only for military personnel (Annex G, page 136 of the call)
- Responsive informed consent letter. (Annex J, page 140 of the call)
- High school certificate or equivalent with QR code, in accordance with the specifications and security measures of the electronic certificate, with a minimum average of 7.0: Original and copy
- Those who are studying the last semester of high school or equivalent, will present the original and a photocopy of the certificate of studies for civilian personnel.
- Documents proving the nationality of both parents (birth certificates)
- Minutes of the honor council for the last three years as of the start date of the studies in which good military and civil conduct is accredited
The following documents are for military personnel, click to open the call and look for page 16.
The requirements for applicants to the Secretary of the Navy and foreign military personnel, the call opens Press here and look for them between pages 20 to 23.
Physical capacity test application date
The dates of the physical capacity exam will be from Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 18:00, from November 3 to February 23, 2024.
This will be applied in the 25 exam centers in the interior of the Mexican Republic and in the metropolitan area.
Publication of physical ability test results
The results of the physical ability exam will be announced from March 18 to April 29, 2024, Press here to consult them.
Application of the exams
Now, if you are accepted in this first step, you must present the following cultural, English diagnostic and psychological exams between April 1 and 26, 2024.
All of these will be applied in the Comprehensive Evaluation Center located in Military Field number 1-A (Mexico City) on the peripheral at the height of Plaza Pericentro (entrance through door number 8).
Publication of exam results
The results will be published from May 20 to 31, click to know if you passed or not.
Application of the comprehensive medical examination
This exam will be administered from June 3 to 14 from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday at the 28 exam centers.
Final results publication date
The final results will be published from July 8 to 26, Press here to find out whether or not you entered the Military School of Medicine.
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Delivery of documentation and entry to the campus
The delivery of original documentation will be from July 29 to August 23, in the 28 exam centers and at 9:00 a.m. on September 1 it will be presented at the campus in which you participated and were selected.