Formación de especialistas en Latinoamérica: Argentina

In Argentina there are 36 schools of medicine, 13 of them public, with autonomy and freedom of teaching but that conform to the requirements of accreditation from the National Committee of Evaluation and Accreditation, that guarantees the quality of education through a minimum amount of training and practice. It is divided in 3 cycles: the biomedical cycle, the clinical cycle and the rotary annual boarding school. Around 4,600 and 5,500 medical students graduate annually. The degree from public and private schools of medicine enables graduates to work professionally in all the national territory. The specialty is obtained in different ways (internship, formal or informal supervised training practice, specialization degree, training in scientific societies) being internship the best system of medical training that was started in Argentina in 1946. In the last decade there has been an important increase in the number of vacancies for the internship system which were partially covered. Medical recertification is voluntary and require doctors to retest every 5 years. Different laws and ministry resolutions establish the legal framework for training undergraduates, certifying and recertifying specialists.