Medical education

Sofia University Cancelled all Classes at the Medical Faculty in Protest

Sofia University has terminated all classes and internships for all specialties at the Faculty of Medicine.

The action is in protest against the decision of the Minister of Health Stoycho Katsarov to transform the Lozenets Hospital by merging it into the Children's Hospital "Prof. Ivan Mitev".

EduMin Cimpeanu: I asked funding for additional 6,000 resident doctors in budget revision

Education Minister Sorin Cimpeanu announced that he asked the Finance Ministry to allot funds in the budget revision to ensure funding for over 6,000 more resident doctors in the medical higher education system, registered this year in addition to the number of 2020, the total number in 2021 being 29,000.

Health Ministry to hire 939 new doctors

Health Minister Vassilis Kontozamanis signed off on Friday on a call for 939 new permanent positions for doctors of several specialties in the National Health System.

Most of the 847 positions will staff hospitals and the remaining 92 health centers.

The platform to submit an application opens on February 16 and the deadline is March 3.

PM Dancila: Internship Programme reaches maturity; Executive backs any initiative meant to contribute to youth's support

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila stated that the Government's Internship Programme has reached maturity and called on the young participants to keep their "enthusiasm, curiosity" and to be happy with the work they will carry out. The seventh edition of the Government's Internship Programme was officially launched on Wednesday at the Victoria Palace.

Turkish medicinal research assistants unhappy about being unable to work with academics

Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK) released a report revealing the working conditions of research assistants at the universities' medical faculties, indicating that 15.4 percent of the assistants "almost never" work with academics, whereas 3.9 percent "never" work with academics.