Korean J Med Educ.
2014 Sep;26(3):167-178. 10.3946/kjme.2014.26.3.167.
Five suggestions for future medical education in Korea
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- 1Department of Medical Education, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. nara@yuhs.ac
- 2Department of Preventive Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- KMID: 2306430
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2014.26.3.167
Abstract
- This study is to investigate the historical characteristics of medical education and healthcare environment in Korea and to suggest the desirable direction for future medical education. We draw a consensus through the literature analysis and several debates from the eight experts of medical education. There are several historical characteristics of medical education: medical education as vocational education and training, as a higher education, rapid growth of new medical schools, change to the medical education system, curriculum development, reinforcement of medical humanities, improvement of teaching and evaluation methods, validation of the national health personnel licensing examination, accreditation system for quality assurance, and establishment of specialized medical education division. The changes of health care environment in medical education are development of medical technologies, changes in the structures of the population and diseases, growth of information and communication technology, consumer-centered society, and increased intervention by the third party stakeholder. We propose five suggestions to be made to improve future medical education. They are plan for outcome and competency-based medical education, connection between the undergraduate and graduate medical education, reinforcement of continuous quality improvement of medical education, reorganization of the medical education system and construction of leadership of "academic medicine."
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