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Prova Nacional de Acesso à formação especializada (PNA)

Portuguese medical residency access exam

The national access exam for specialist medical training in Portugal; the ranking decides which specialty a doctor can enter.

The exam

Set by
Portugal's ACSS, together with the national exam office (Gabinete da PNA)
The paper
Multiple-choice questions based on clinical vignettes, answered on paper
How it is sat
Held once a year; no course is required first
Where
Portugal, in Portuguese

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