Universities – Rostock – Medical associations demand 25 percent more medical study places – education

Rostock (dpa / mv) – The number of medical study places is to be increased at both universities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, according to the will of the Medical Association and the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians. There is currently space for around 400 freshmen. The number is to be increased gradually by 25 percent over the next two years, as the two associations announced on Friday. The background is the worsening shortage of doctors in the country. 30 percent of family doctors are older than 60 years. Around a third of doctors in the clinics will retire in ten to twelve years.

In addition, the medical associations called for the selection process for students to ensure that at least 50 percent of them come from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. They should also undertake to complete their specialist training in the country.

As Emil Reisinger, the Dean and Scientific Director of Rostock University Medical Center, said, increasing the number of students is conceivable. That is feasible, provided that this is the political will. “We are ready for it.”

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