{"id":179414,"date":"2025-05-22T14:43:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T12:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=179414"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:50","slug":"iudicium-abeundi-must-protect-both-patients-and-students-says-advocacy-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/05\/22\/iudicium-abeundi-must-protect-both-patients-and-students-says-advocacy-group\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Iudicium abeundi must protect both patients and students’, says advocacy group"},"content":{"rendered":"

Examination boards and study programmes want it to become easier to expel unsuitable medical students, as they fear for future patient safety. Berk Uzunalioglu, chair of the advocacy group De Geneeskundestudent, calls for caution. \u201cPatient safety and the right to education don\u2019t have to be at odds.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cAlthough the iudicium abeundi is mostly known as a last resort to remove unsuitable students, it also serves as a safety net for the students themselves\u201d, says Berk Uzunalioglu, of De Geneeskundestudent (translated:The Medicine Student). \u201cThe measure only follows after hearing both sides, clear explanations of what constitutes unacceptable behaviour, and support.\u201d The advocacy group argues for protection of all parties involved: students against arbitrariness and injustice, and patients against future healthcare professionals who display unprofessional behaviour.<\/p>\n

The iudicium abeundi is a protocol introduced nearly fifteen years ago. It allows students to be expelled from their programme if their behaviour or statements are deemed incompatible with the profession. This concerns behaviour that would have resulted in disciplinary action had they already been licensed doctors \u2013 such as intimidation, aggression or violence.<\/p>\n

In practice, this regulation is an \u2019empty shell\u2019, all examination boards said in 2022. To this day, they continue to call for its expansion. Investigation by EM shows that removing an unsuitable student is often difficult in practice.<\/p>\n\n\t

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