El examin MIR (Medical Resident Intern) is the test required for doctors, Spanish or foreign, to access a specialist doctor in training position in the National Health System in SpainThe MIR exam is one of the Specialized Health Training (FSE) testsIn this post we will provide you with all the information you need to know about this selection process.
El exam It is held annually and takes place between the months of January and February, normally the last week of January and the first week of February.
The MIR exam
The MIR is a medical exam with 210 multiple-choice questions, in which 200 questions are taken into account for the evaluation and 10 are reserve questions. Each correct answer will be worth 3 points and each wrong answer will subtract one point. Blank questions do not add or subtract. The exam questions include images to give way to mini clinical cases.
A maximum of 4 hours and 30 minutes is allowed to complete the exam. There is no official syllabus, as it is considered that questions could be asked anything related to or pertaining to medicine. However, there is an 'unofficial' syllabus available to prepare for the exam, based on previous exams. The grade obtained in the exam (90% of the final grade) together with the assessment of the academic record (10% of the same) allow all those taking the exam to be ranked from highest to lowest score.
After the exam, the most outstanding candidates choose the specialty and hospital where they will do their residency in a selection process. The exam assesses the medical knowledge of between 8.000 and 25.000 doctors per call.
Examples of MIR exams
Below we show you examples of MIR exams from the last 2 calls.
MIR exam 2024 (call 2023-2024)
MIR exam 2023 (call 2022-2023)
