2025 Year Medical Specialization Training Entrance Exam (YOU) placement results, It brought to light a major crisis in the branches that form the main backbone of the healthcare system in Turkey.. Vital Pediatrics, While fields such as General Surgery and Obstetrics remain empty; candidates are less risky and “high quality of life” turned to branches.
Massive Collapse in Pediatrics and Surgery Branches
According to the exam results, the most striking decrease was experienced in the branch of child health and diseases.. While only 42% of pediatric quotas are filled, A similar picture was also observed in surgical branches.:
Pediatric Surgery: %45 occupancy rate.
Critical Branches: General Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Gynecology, Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Surgery quotas remained seriously vacant..
”Comfortable” Attack on Branches
The first places in candidates' preference lists, Less seizure burden and malpractice (medical error) low-risk departments received. Dermatology, Radiological, Eye Diseases, Psychiatry and ENT branches are almost %100 reaching occupancy rate “major” left the branches behind.
Preferences “Fear and Economy” determines
Experts, The reasons why young doctors escape from basic branches are collected under three main headings.:
Violence and Legal Risks: Health violence incidents and high compensation risks, especially in emergency rooms and surgical operations (to not practice), distances candidates from these fields.
Severe Seizure Conditions: 36 Shifts lasting up to hours and intense workload, “burnout syndrome” Increases the number of resident physicians.
Income Imbalance: Financial benefits of difficult surgical procedures, The fact that it is inadequate compared to less risky branches determines the preferences..
Critical Alert: This imbalance, next 5-10 may make access to child health services more difficult within the year and increase the workload on existing professionals to an unsustainable point.
Awaiting Solution
Encouraging basic branches for the sustainability of the health system, It is emphasized that working conditions should be improved and the legal protection shield should be strengthened.. Otherwise, Türkiye may have difficulty finding surgeons to perform surgery and pediatricians to treat children in the future..
