New, new rules for health studies. From the start of the 2027 school year, the government hopes to see a reform come into force to transform the first year.
Presented on Friday by the Ministers of Higher Education and Health, “the new system replaces the PASS/LAS system” put in place in 2020 “with a model harmonized throughout the territory”, indicated in a joint press release the services of Philippe Baptiste and Stéphanie Rist.
Three blocks
The future first year of health studies will open the way to five sectors: medicine, midwifery, odontology, pharmacy and physiotherapy, now “fully integrated” into the system.
This first year will focus on “three balanced blocks” of subjects taught, a specifically “health” block, a “disciplinary” block (related subjects such as life sciences or physics) and a “transversal” block (other subjects such as English). Repeating the first year will be possible for students who have not managed to reach the level sufficient to integrate one of the five health sectors.
More fairness
The 2020 reform established two parallel access routes: Pass (specific health access route) and LAS (Health access licenses). But “the trial”, which aimed in particular to broaden the recruitment profile of future doctors, was “not completely transformed”, explained Stéphanie Rist during a meeting to present the reform to university officials and students.
“Students and families need more fairness and support,” she added, stressing that there were “still technical points that remain to be clarified” in the new reform. For us, “this is a big step forward,” said Louise Lenglin, vice-president of FAGE (student federation) during the meeting open to the press. “Today students are tossed around” in a system “which clearly lacks clarity,” she explained, particularly welcoming the possibility of repeating a year provided for by the reform.
On the other hand, the president of the deans of medicine, Isabelle Laffont, was more reserved. The deans are “very demanding” for an evolution of the current dual system, but they have “some small reservations or questions” about the new system, she told the two ministers.
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