Ewha Med J.  1978 Mar;1(1):9-16. 10.12771/emj.1978.1.1.9.

A Study on Current Status of Inturnships and Residency Applied in Korea by Woman Doctors Graduated from Medical College of Ewha Woman's University, During the Year of 1967~1976

• Choi SS

• KMID: 2151990
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1978.1.1.9

Abstract

A study on current status of inturnships and residency applied in country by woman doctors graduated from Medical College of Ewha Woman's University, during the year of 1967~1976, in order to collect the data of the distribution of training hospitals and distribution of inturnships and residency applied after graduation medical college, was carried out from July to August 1977 with analizing the data collected from the annual registration record of medical doctor authorized by the Ministry of Health and Social Affair in May 1976. And the following results are obtained: 1) Out of total 501 doctors graduated from Ewha Medical College during the year of 1967~1976, 228 doctors(44.7%) who are living in country had registered the annual registration of medical doctor in the year of 1976. 2) 96.5% of 228 woman doctors were applied to inturnships after graduation Ewha Medical College and also 96.5% of them (220 doctors) were applied to residency. 3) It was found increasing in the rate of inturnships and residency applying according to the year of graduation respectively. 4) Woman doctor graduated from Ewha Medical College during last 10 years had taken inturnships and residency from 37educational hospitals in country and 23 hospitals of them are located in Seoul City area. 5) It was found increasing hospitals in number, where inturnships and/or residency applied by woman doctors according to the year of graduation respectively. 6) 82.2% of 220 inturns and 86.1% of 150 residents among woman doctors graduated from Ewha Medical College had taken the training in the hospitals located in Seoul City area. 7) 61.0% of woman doctors had taken the course of inturnships and residency at same hospital and the rest 39.0% of them had moved to other hospitals for residency after inturnships.

MeSH Terms

Female
Humans
Internship and Residency*
Korea*
Seoul