2024-01-19 16:48:31

This is bad news for the health of the French at a time when medical coverage is being debated. Pharmacy closures in France accelerated in 2023, with a decrease of 60% compared to the previous year, reports the profession’s observatory, GERS, whose conclusions are taken up by The echoes on January 18. This represents one pharmacy closure per working day. At the end of the year, the total number of pharmacies fell below the 20,000 mark, with only 19,966 pharmacies remaining, almost 2,000 fewer than ten years ago.

This decrease is not uniform in all regions of France. Some, such as Alsace, have managed to stabilize the number of pharmacies over the last decade, while other regions, such as the Center and the West, have experienced a significant decline in their network of pharmacies. The southern regions (PACA and Languedoc-Roussillon) have seen around 5% of their pharmacies disappear in ten years.

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Sales taking off

However, these closures come at a time when the pharmaceutical sector is experiencing significant growth. The sector’s turnover has increased by 23% over the last three years, reaching 44 billion euros in 2023.. However, this upward trend is mainly driven by prescription drugs, which account for 80% of the total growth. Sales of reimbursable medicines also increased by 7.5% in value, but decreased by 3% in volume. To this must be added cosmetics and food supplements, sales of which have soared in recent years.

Unfortunately, despite a growing sector, pharmacies are struggling to recruit. Pharmacies are in fact facing a serious shortage of staff. The fault lies with the ever-decreasing number of pharmacy students, with young people seeming to abandon this profession. The Federation of Pharmaceutical Unions of France (FSPF) estimated last October that there was a shortage of around 10% of staff in community pharmacies. According to her, 15,000 positions for pharmacists, assistant pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are currently vacant.

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2024-01-21 17:00:00

One day following the celebration of MIR 2024 exam, the analyzes of all the versions of the exam published this Sunday morning by the Ministry of Health continue. The CTO academybeyond his study of the level of difficulty of the test, has also used his scalpel on the statistical level, and the task yields various conclusions: first of all, this 2024 Cardiology has regained its prominence following several years of progressive decline. In 2023, in fact, she appeared in 10 questions. However, she is still far from the 19 times she appeared in 2022.

Breakdown of the most asked topics in the MIR 2024 exam.

The second subject that has appeared the most in the questions of the MIR exam 2024 has been General Surgerywith 14, compared to nine in 2023. Gynecologywhich was also among those that were repeated nine times in the 2023 test, has risen this year to third place in subjects that have been asked regarding the most, 12 specifically.

Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases and Neurology lose strength

Endocrinology and Infectious Diseaseswhich became the disciplines most present at MIR 2023 With 14 issues each, they have lost a lot of strength compared to a year ago, with nine mentions in both cases.

For its part, Neurology, the second most repeated subject in 2023, has fallen two places in prominence this year, and goes from twelve to eleven mentions. Although its appearance has reduced slightly from one year to the next, the progressive decline in its presence is confirmed: we must not forget that in 2022 there were 21 questions on the subject.

As for the rest of the disciplines, Traumatologyalso with eleven mentions, has been followed, with ten, Psychiatry, Pulmonology and Dermatology. Nephrology completes the group of subjects with nine mentions of Endocrinology and Infectious Diseases.

Disciplines with fewer appearances in the MIR exam

The list of the most repeated subjects in the MIR exam continue with Statistics and Epidemiology, ENT, Pediatrics and Rheumatology with eight questions in each case; Bioethics, Digestive, Geriatrics and Hematologywith six; Immunologywith five; Anesthesia, Ophthalmology and Urology, with three; and Family and Community, Genetics, Oncology and Emergencieswith two.

At the bottom end of the scale, Pathological Anatomy, Anatomy, Biochemistry, Radiology and Pharmacology They have been the disciplines with the least prominence: each of them has only appeared in one question.

Medium-high difficulty of the MIR 2024 exam

The academic director of CTO, Fernando de Teresaconsider that the difficulty of the MIR exam It has been medium-high, even “somewhat more difficult”, according to first impressions, than the 2023 call test.

De Teresa has referred to small variations in the structuring of the specialties’ questions: “The main difference is that the medical specialty blockssuch as Neurology, Cardiology, Pulmonology, Nephrology, Traumatology or Rheumatology, are somewhat more extensive than those of 2023”, he assessed.

On the contrary, according to the teacher, the length of the blocks that appear at the end of the exam has been reduced, such as Geriatrics and Bioethics, “although three reserve questions have been included in the latter.” Furthermore, in this MIR call, “the “They have consolidated the blocks of cardiovascular risk factors and Primary Care and Emergencies.”

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