Pilot trial results in assessing english literacy of applicants to medical residencies

Objective. The main goal of this paper is to statistically describe the results obtained by 355 applicants to medical residencies, after responding a technical English test with 24 exercises. Justification. English is indispensable for reading, understanding specialized medical texts, for listening podcasts with the last scientific and technological advances in Medicine, and for writing and communicating medical reports. Main Results. From 355 applicants to medical residency only seven have the necessary com­petences in Medical English to be a postgraduate student. The majority of aspirants have problems related with bad english competences in the act of correct managing of verb ten­ses, medical vocabulary, semantics and English syntax.