Brazil’s Medical Education Crisis: 13,000 Soon-To-Be Doctors Can’t Pass a Basic Competency Test

2026-02-02 - 11:35

Key Points Brazil’s first national medical competency exam revealed that nearly 14,000 graduating doctors come from schools rated critically deficient — and under current law, all of them can start seeing patients with just a diploma. The country tripled its medical schools in twenty years by letting private companies open programs with little oversight, creating