Enamed 2025: These grades do not represent us

The Mandic Group clarifies that the recently released Enamed 2025 results do not represent the reality of the medical training offered by the institution.

São Leopoldo Mandic holds the highest accreditation (Grade 5) from the Ministry of Education and has led the health sector in the IGC for over a decade, ranking among the 13 best educational institutions in Brazil.

The institution believes the exam has severe structural limitations and methodological weaknesses that prevent its use as a standalone quality indicator. Key issues include the misalignment between the exam content and the Pedagogical Course Project required by the Ministry itself, the mere 90-day notice period before administration, and the lack of clarity regarding evaluation criteria.

A relevant factor highlighted was the so-called “engagement bias”: the consequences of non-proficiency were only communicated after the exam was taken. Internal statistical analysis shows that most participants ended the exam early, suggesting momentary disengagement rather than actual technical incompetence. In Araras, students took the exam in the 11th semester, eight months before graduation, before completing all the assessed content.

The group states it is mobilizing all available administrative and legal resources to address the facts and protect the reputation of students and the institution.

The Mandic Group supports external evaluation but considers it technically inadequate to use an exam with the identified characteristics as the sole basis for severe regulatory sanctions starting in 2025.