The three representatives of the University of Panama presented the Interinstitutional Council on Basic Medical Certificates (CICBM) at its meeting.
Here is the revelation of the maiden of this year 12 March Lili Espino, President of the Medical College of Panama, at the National Assembly, participates in a meeting of the Subcommittee on Health that analyzes the project of ley No. 525, regarding medical certification.
The Salud subcommittee is chaired by the deputy Mariano López and quotes various bodies to discuss the project no. 525, which modifies the Ley No. 43 of 2004, which creates the certification and recertification regime for health professionals.
Espino stated that it ignored the motives of the CICBM’s reunion, but noted that there was a lot of pressure to approve the decision on the medical certification.
The CICBM is compliant with the University of Panama (presidency, secretariat and treasury), Colegio Médico de Panamá (vocal), Caja de Seguro Social (vocal), Ministry of Health (vocal) and a representative of private universities (vocal).
Espino hizo the previous revelation when the question about the reunion of Américo Lombardo at this moment says that all the representatives of the Faculty of Medicine habían renunciado.
Lombardo and other medicines representing the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Panama in the Council.
Espino indicates that the Medical College of Panama, which represents the associations of medical specialists in the country, joined the National Assembly because of the project of the No. 525 plant that the certification exam must be conducted after years of finalization internally.
The president of the Medical College of Panama agrees that they oppose this modification and insistence that he bequeathed it as it is in the current law.
March 9, President Laurentino Cortizo dio por hecho that the controversy Resolution No. March 1, 2021, when the required points for the certification of medical graduates required to enter the country will be deducted.
Earlier, the Minister for Health, Luis Francisco Sucre, stated that he had asked the members of the CICBM to draw up the resolution.
In addition, the medical associations of Panama will revisit their amendments to the examination of medical certification established in Resolution No. March 1, 3.
At the meeting of the subcommittee, the deputy Crispiano Adames declared that he had agreed with Cortizo and said that they would not eliminate the certification exam, he said.