More places in Medicine, but also more challenging – Chronicle

by Simona Ballatore

One in five students this year will be able to secure one of the 14,020 places in the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery. Which have increased by 7% compared to last year. National test on 3 September – access only with Green Pass, as for all public competitions – for 77,376 candidates (including 13,404 in contention for Medicine in English with test on 9 September). The aspiring white coats are on the rise (last year they were 58,275 compared to 12,362 places). Also for this year – due to Covid – the admission test will take place in the province closest to home, avoiding travel. And the Bicocca boom stands out: physically 602 will answer the 60 questions in 100 minutes in the university pavilions, but 4,025 (3,842 for Medicine and Surgery and 183 for Dentistry) have indicated it as first choice. 729 more than last year, which was still a record with 3,296 subscribers, 1,076 more than in September 2019.

An exploit that certainly does not depend in these two years on the costs of the entrance test: if in 2019, in fact, a symbolic fee of 10 euros was requested to participate in the selection of Medicine in Bicocca, which was confirmed to be the most accessible compared to others universities in half of Italy (the average was around 50 euros), already since last year the registration fee, on ministerial indications, has been standardized – and raised to 100 euros in almost all universities – given the new rules on the seat to carry out the test, which in many cases may be different from the one chosen. The participation fee for health professions remains at 10 euros – the lowest in Italy (compared to an Italian average of 55 euros). The places available at Bicocca are 133 for Medicine and Surgery and 26 for Dentistry: numbers still provisional, the definitive assignment and a possible increase are awaited. The admission test in Medicine and surgery (22 places available plus 13 reserved for non-EU citizens residing abroad) will see 750 students this year, compared to 580 last year.

According to the province of residence, 2,101 Milanese students are ready to physically take the test at the State University and the vast majority are women: 1,519 candidates are compared to 582 male colleagues. The overall data – coming from all over Italy – on those who indicated the Milanese university as first choice this year, aspiring to one of the 457 places available, is still being processed for the University of Milan. Fifty more than the previous year. While waiting for the ministerial decree for the definitive assignment of places – which are 200 more even at the Vita e Salute San Raffaele University in Milan, where they rise to 500 – there are those who return to ask for more doctors and nurses and the abolition of that test that this year will stop 82% of candidates. “To look to the future, to look at our health, at the health of our country, we must invest in the human capital of doctors, paramedics and nursing staff. The right choice that must be made at this time is to remove the limited number of the Faculty of Medicine and all nursing disciplines “, the Lega MEP from Pavia, Angelo Ciocca, spoke yesterday on the subject. “The most important asset of a hospital and a health system is human capital – he continues -. Then comes the equipment, technology, structures. Removing the limited number is certainly a courageous choice that must be made and we must do so above all. that in the next few years there will be medical and paramedical staff on the one hand to replace those who deservedly retire, but on the other hand also to face the peak of any pandemics and all the backlog of operations, diagnostic and prevention activities which unfortunately was created for the Covid emergency “.