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Ministry Confirms Cheating Case as Spain’s MIR 2026 Faces Audit Demands

Final results are due at the end of March following thousands of challenges to scoring and procedures.

Overview

  • The candidates’ association has requested an independent audit, alleging security gaps such as missing experienced proctors, no signal blockers, and reported use of mobile phones, internet access and AI-enabled devices.
  • The Health Ministry says it trusts the process and confirms an examinee in Santiago was caught using smart glasses and a smartwatch, graded zero, and recorded as the only such incident in official reports.
  • Provisional results list Elena Bianca Ciobanu as the top-ranked candidate; she supports an audit, defends the transparency of her score, and denies using AI glasses or leaving the exam room.
  • Administrative issues span the cycle from registration to scoring, including technical glitches, missed deadlines, last‑minute changes, the mass resignation of the expert committee, and more than 5,000 claims that have triggered roughly 1,000–1,500 appeals.
  • The association plans to deliver a technical report to the director general on process improvements and says it is not seeking a repeat of the exam, while provisional figures show pass rates near 99% across the specialist-entry tests.