“Given the medical demographics and the distribution of professionals in the territory, this year of consolidation will be intended to take place as a priority in under-dense areas”, write the Ministers of Health François Braun and Higher Education Sylvie Retailleau in an engagement letter addressed to four practitioners responsible for leading the consultation on the project.
“The addition of this consolidation phase to the diploma of specialized studies in general medicine, which would be exercised exclusively in ambulatory practice, would aim to complete the training, thus aligned with the other diplomas of specialized studies”, explain the ministers recalling a promise of the candidate Macron.
Reform that will come into force in 2023
The President of the Republic had indeed promised during his campaign to “deploy the fourth year of internship for general practitioners in rural areas”, one way among others to send “a massive reinforcement in the medical deserts”.
Included in the Social Security financing bill presented to the Council of Ministers on Monday, this reform should “come into force at the start of the 2023 academic year”, specify the two ministers.
The stated objective is also to “arm young general practitioners in anticipation of a rapid installation”, when many today favor the status of substitute.