Economy | 02.06.2024 06:00
[세종=뉴스핌] Reporter Shin Do-kyung = Today (6th) the government announces the size of the increase in admissions to medical schools.
According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, on the 6th, the government plans to convene the Deliberation Committee on Health Policy and Medical Human Resources, a deliberative body on medical policy, this morning to deliberate and announce the size of the increase.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare surveyed 40 medical schools across the country last year to determine the number of students they would like to increase for the 2025 school year. The number of people 40 medical schools said could be immediately increased it ranges from a minimum of 2,151 to a maximum of 2,847. The number of students that can be increased by ensuring additional educational conditions is 2,847.
[서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Kim Hak-seon = Jeon Byeong-wang, director of health and medical policy at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, will hold a briefing on the results of a medical school application survey at the Seoul government complex on 21. 2023.11.21 yooksa@newspim.com
The government is considering a plan to increase the number of medical school students from at least 1,000 to 3,000 considering the size of the increase in medical schools for the 2025 school year. On the other hand, the medical community believes that the “350-person surge plan” proposed on the 9th by the Korea Association of Medical Colleges and Graduate Schools of Medicine (KAMC) is appropriate.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced, in a public livelihood debate held on January 1, that it will estimate the extent of medical school expansion based on demand in 2035. According to research findings announced today , there will be a total shortage of 15,000 doctors by 2035. The number of people must be increased by more than 1,500 per year.
Second Vice Minister Park Min-soo stressed: “If reforms such as increasing the number of medical schools fail, I think there will be no Republic of Korea in the future,” and added: “Based on the announcement , we will courageously pursue a comprehensive medical reform strategy.”
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