Deadline for submission of documents for Revalida 2025 ends this Saturday

Participants in the first stage of the National Exam of Revalidation of Medical Diplomas Issued by Institution of Foreign Higher Education (Revalida) of 2025 must send by this Saturday (29) the documentation proving the completion of the medical course abroad. The exam is an essential requirement for doctors trained outside Brazil to be able to work professionally in the country.

The deadline for sending the documentation began on Monday (24), and the process must be carried out exclusively by the Revalida System. Diplomas, certificates or declarations issued in languages other than Portuguese, English, French or Spanish must be accompanied by a sworn translation.

Applicants who have participated in previous editions of Revalida and have already had their course completion documents approved do not need to resubmit them, as validation will be done automatically by the system.

Requirements and Consequences

The National Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira (Inep) warns that candidates who do not send the required documentation will be prevented from subsequently resorting to regularization. Only those who had their documentation approved and achieved the cut-off mark in the first stage of the exam will be able to participate in the second phase of the Revalida 2025/1, referring to the clinical skills test.

Official Timeline

Preliminary gauge (objective test) and response pattern (discoursive test): 26/03

Result of the course completion documentation: 23/04

Definitive gauge: 09/05

Definitive results of the objective and provisional test of the discursive test: 09/05

Final result of the first stage of Revalida 2025: 03/06

Stages of Revalidation

The Revalida exam has been applied since 2011 by Inep and seeks to ensure the quality of medical care in Brazil. The revalidation of the diploma, however, is the responsibility of the public universities that adhere to the exam.

The evaluation takes place in two stages: one theoretical and one practical. The theoretical phase comprises 100 multiple choice questions and discursive questions. Only those approved in this stage go to the practical phase, which evaluates the clinical skills in different scenarios, including primary care, outpatient care, hospitalization and first aid.

The exam covers five essential areas of medicine: medical clinic, surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, pediatrics, and family and community medicine. The exam follows the National Curriculum Guidelines of the Course of Medicine and the professional legislation in force.