Cuban doctors can choose to have their specialist titles homologated

Cuban doctors can choose to have their specialist titles homologated in Spain

The Spanish Ministry of Health will give non-EU professionals the opportunity to homologate medical titles through exams that would benefit Cubans residing in the country European graduates of medical careers.

That The exams are scheduled for March 4th and 18th next year and they offer a total of 463 candidates the opportunity to legalize their specialty obtained abroad the European Union (EU).

The call is made for professionals who already have a degree in general medicine recognized in Spain and now they have the opportunity to do so Get your professional qualification officially recognisedafter passing an initial screening to verify that their training meets European standards.

Of the In 2019, Spain did not make these types of calls.

The exams consist of two parts. The first part, the theory test, lasts 90 minutes and consists of answering a questionnaire with 70 questions plus five reserve questions, all with four possible answers, only one of which is correct.

The second part, the practical exercise, lasts 75 minutes and consists of writing three practical cases with specific problems in the field. These practical cases consist of a number of no less than three open-ended questions.

On February 4th there will be exams in Clinical Psychology (1 candidate), Obstetrics-Gynecological Nursing (16), Anesthesiology and Resuscitation (65), Digestive System (12), Physical Education and Sports Medicine (2), Medicine Family and Community (63), paediatrics (50), psychiatry (11) and radiodiagnostics (15).

While on March 18, the specialist fields of Pathological Anatomy (1), Angiology and Vascular Surgery (1), Cardiology (26), Cardiovascular Surgery (2), General Surgery and Digestive System (8), Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (13), Pediatric Surgery (12), Plastic Surgery (6), Thoracic Surgery (2), Dermatology (15), Endocrinology (9), Geriatrics (2).

On March 18, hematology (2), physical medicine and rehabilitation (4), intensive care medicine (10), internal medicine (3), nephrology (5), pulmonology (1), neurosurgery (4), neurophysiology (1) are also represented , Neurology (5), Obstetrics and Gynecology (34), Ophthalmology (32), Medical Oncology (7), Radiation Oncology (4), Otorhinolaryngology (10), Hospital Radiophysics (1), Urology (8).

in 2021, At least 564 doctors and 39 nurses of Cuban origin joined the Spanish health systemaccording to a compilation of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).