​The methodology of conducting the competition without breaking away from production and training in the specialty “Medicine, dentistry and pharmacy” changes in the last hundred meters. The Ministry of Health wants to change the methodology of the competition, which will be held on November 20. The main change: to get a place in residency, a candidate must answer 65% of 200 questions correctly, up from 60% – 130 out of 200, up from 120.

The resident test consists of a grid test with 200 questions.

“Getting a place in the residence will depend on obtain a minimum passing score of 65% of the maximum score achieved at the national level for 200 questions for each field”. – the key provision of the draft joint order of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education and Science regarding the approval of the Methodology for conducting a competition for admission to residency training without a break from production in the specialty “Medicine, Stomatology and Pharmacy”, session November. 20, 2022.

What motivates the change in methodology: it is aimed at “increasing the level of candidate selection”

The draft order was published in the mode of transparency of decision-making.

He could be approved after Nov. 6, when his transparency period expires — in fact, a few days before the residency contest scheduled for Nov. 20.

“The proposed increase is aimed at increasing the level of candidate selectionparticularly in a context in which study rates in the field of dental medicine, and by extension, in pharmacy, will be correlated with the available study capacity reported by accredited institutions of higher education with a medical profile, whose capacity is lower than the number of graduates in the final year of the course” , is reflected in the act of approval of the draft order.

How will the competition for admission to residency be held this year

How will the competition for admission to residency in the specialty “Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy” be held, session of November 20, 2022 (source: Ministry of Health):

• On November 20, 2022, the Ministry of Health is organizing an administrative competition in residency and residency in medicine, dentistry and pharmacy.

• In accordance with the provisions of Article 3, Paragraph (1) of Government Resolution No. 18/2009 regarding the organization and financing of accommodation, approved by Law No. 103/2012 with the following amendments and additions.

• The methodology is similar to the 2021 methodology and includes health protection during the pandemic, such as: recommended wearing of protective masks, separate access circuits for candidates, the possibility of submission of competition files only by mail, provision of special competition rooms for candidates with a temperature above 37.3oC .

• On September 12, 2022 and September 26, 2022, video conferences were organized with rectors of universities of medicine and pharmacy in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iasi, Tg. Mures and Timisoara. The purpose of this meeting was to resolve some organizational issues, as well as finalize the draft of the Competition Procedures.

• After these meetings, it was determined that the selection of a place or position is dependent on obtaining a minimum passing score of 65% of the maximum score achieved at the national level for 200 questions for each area.

• In 2021, as in previous years, this percentage was 60%. The proposed increase is intended to increase the selection rate of candidates, especially in the context where the study numbers in the field of dental medicine and the field of pharmacy, respectively, will be correlated with the available training opportunities reported by accredited higher education institutions in the medical profile, the capacity is less than the number of graduates of the current promotion year The situation of graduates of 2022 is presented as follows:
• medicine = 3.627
• dental medicine=1241
• pharmacy=1.021

• In 2021, in accordance with the provisions of the Government Resolution No. 18/2009 on the organization and financing of the residency, valid on this date, the Ministry of Health had an obligation that for the two areas of the competition, the tuition fee would be equal to the number of graduates in 2021.

• This order must be published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I no later than October 10, 2022, taking into account the fact that according to the Project, the first day of registration of candidates is October 12, 2022.