Question 36584 — higher education

Summary

Ms. Martine Wonner alerts the Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation to the situation of students in the first year of post-reform health studies. The law of July 4, 2019 relating to the organization of the health system reformed access to medical studies by replacing the first year common to health studies (PACES) with two distinct paths: a license with a “health access” option (LAS) and a specific “health access” course with an option for another discipline (PASS). Contrary to the experiments carried out as part of this reform, the capacity to accommodate the number of second year students set by the universities in agreement with the Ministry of Education and the ARS has not been reviewed. However, the year 2020-2021 is a transition year which greatly penalizes new PASS/LAS students because students pre-reform (PACES) have retained their right to repeat a year and will benefit from a quota of reserved places which will be deducted from the reception capacity in the second year, even though a PASS student cannot repeat their first year. PASS/LAS students are therefore undeniably disadvantaged. It should also be noted that, unlike their elders, PASS students have an additional minor to validate in order to move on to 2nd year. These students who cannot be accepted into the second year of medicine will be directed to LAS 2 corresponding to their minor unit. Unfortunately, many will not be able to access it since there too the sectors are already in tension. Many of these students will therefore not have any assignment. It is therefore urgent to create additional places so that there is no difference in treatment between PACES, PASS/LAS of this year and subsequent promotions who will not have to compete with repeaters. In addition, the impact of the health crisis on the mental health of students as well as on their preparation for competitive examinations overlaps with this reform which is a source of numerous injustices. She asks him if the Government intends to make a significant increase in the numbers of second-year health care workers, who are the first affected by this reform.

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