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Peru Schedules SERUMS 2026-I Health Exam for April 19 With 39,762 Candidates

The nationwide test feeds staff placements that serve rural and marginal urban communities.

Overview

  • The Ministry of Health exam, which runs Sunday, April 19, will be administered nationwide under a free and decentralized process.
  • SERUMS functions as a gateway to public health jobs that place new professionals in rural and urbano‑marginal areas with high care needs.
  • Digep reports 39,762 registrants from 12 health careers, led by psychology with 9,589, nursing with 8,486, and human medicine with 6,894.
  • The test covers five blocks—Public Health, Comprehensive Health Care, Ethics and Interculturality, Health Services Management, and Research—with Minsa posting the official study bibliography.
  • In Arequipa, 2,577 will sit the exam at Universidad Católica de Santa María with ID-only entry and a two-hour session from 11:00 to 13:00.