CAT. 8 Aug.- CAT reveals the recruitment of doctors - dentists - veterinarians - pharmacists for the year 2024, the criteria are the same. but dental course Allowing other students to continue their studies. This year, 2,380 people were accepted, despite having problems with doctors resigning. no need to add Because the problem is the distribution of doctors.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Soranit Thammasat, Chairman of the Sub-Committee for Selection The Institute of Medicine of Thailand (CAOT) announced the entrance examination for the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Dentistry, Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Bachelor of Pharmacy for the year 2024, with a total of 18 institutions with a total of 2,380 people. And the qualifications of the examinees remain exactly the same. The only difference is that the entrance examination of the Bachelor of Dentistry Program has been changed to be open and unlimited. However, when comparing the proportion of The number of people studying in the CAT group compared to the year 2022, there were 2,308 applicants, with the number of applications increasing from the addition of 4 academic fields, namely the Faculty of Medicine, Chulabhorn Royal College, Faculty of Medicine. Pharmacy, Khon Kaen University, Faculty of Dentistry, Thonburi University and Siam University. The specific exam or TPAT 1, which is a specific subject of the CAT.

However, the proportion of entrance examinations to study at all 18 medical institutions will be divided into TPAT 1 subjects 30 percent and general subjects 70 percent. especially infected with COVID Despite the current situation, the infection rate has decreased.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Soranit also mentioned problems and tasks of physicians Including the resignation during the use of the doctor's capital that Currently, the work of doctors is still the same, the workload is not different. Keeping a Doctor in the System Or adding a doctor isn't the solution. At present, the admission of doctors to further education is already calculated into the ratio of the population. But the current problem is the distribution of medical personnel who are concentrated in urban areas. Getting more doctors is not a solution to the problem. At present, one doctor uses the government investment budget to support education per person, 300,000 baht per year, and one doctor studies for 6 years, with an investment of at least 2 million baht. It was found that it was no more than before. But unable to go into detail.-Thai News Agency

Source: Thai News Agency