Korean Med Educ Rev.  2019 Jun;21(2):73-79. 10.17496/kmer.2019.21.2.73.

The Current and Future State of Academic Medicine in Korea: Education, Research, and Patient Care

• Jeong DC

• KMID: 2451853
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.17496/kmer.2019.21.2.73

Abstract

Academic medicine is built from a foundation of education, research, and patient care. Since good patient care results from the application of medical research and continuous education, these three components cannot be separated for medical development to occur. In Korea, many obstacles hinder the achievement of academic medicine, such as an inefficient medical delivery system, limitations of primary care, low insurance prices, and no long-term health care plan. Medical education has changed to outcome-based education, but presented temporal integration status. Governance of healthcare research is not centralized, and Korea is awarded relatively fewer grants than other countries. Medical professors have reached a burnout state due to patient care responsibilities in addition to research and education duties. Many medical systems, including the medical delivery system and insurance problems, may contribute to distrust between doctors and patients. The government is not involved in a long-term health care policy. The multitude of factors mentioned here are hindering the achievement of academic medicine in Korea.

Keyword

Academic medicine; Education; Research; Patient care

MeSH Terms

Awards and Prizes
Delivery of Health Care
Education*
Education, Medical
Financing, Organized
Health Services Research
Humans
Insurance
Korea*
Patient Care*
Primary Health Care