In addition, mainland medical programs operate on different systems lasting five, six, or even seven years, making it hard to determine where to fit these students into Taiwan's system. For these reasons such degrees will not be recognized, at least for the time being.
教育部和陸委會、海基會、學者專家開會討論時，有人贊成「追溯」，但也有人反對。一方認為，既然是同校系的學歷，就不應有前後之分；但反方則認為，如果之前「偷跑」的學歷都能追認，將「傷害法律尊嚴」。