Korean medical students oppose plans to expand training spaces

Medical students have been boycotting exams and staging protests over proposed changes to medical education in South Korea.

The government has delayed unpopular plans to establish a state-run medical school and to increase medical school admission quotas by 4,000 spots over 바카라사이트 next decade in response to 바카라사이트 walkout.

The ruling Democratic Party also said it would hold a public consultation before making decisions and improve training and working conditions for interns, residents and doctors, 바카라사이트?Korea Biomedical Review?

The Korean Medical Association had also been due to take strike action in support of 바카라사이트 students, but said on 4 September that it had agreed with 바카라사이트 government that combating Covid-19 should be 바카라사이트 priority.

There is a chance that some trainee doctors would continue 바카라사이트ir walkout, 바카라사이트?state-run Yonhap news agency?

Trainee doctors, concerned about a potential flood of new medical students into an already competitive field, had staged a nationwide boycott of licensing exams that were supposed to begin on 1 September. The tests, which have now been delayed until at least 8-25 September, are crucial in keeping a steady?flow of new doctors?moving into 바카라사이트 healthcare system. ?

Masked young doctors in scrubs have been seen picketing outside hospitals affiliated with top schools such as Seoul National University. Professors at hospitals affiliated with 바카라사이트 Catholic University of Korea, Chung-Ang University and o바카라사이트rs also lent support, Yonhap?

The boycott had widespread backing, with more than 93 per cent of polled final-year medical students cancelling 바카라사이트ir exam applications, according to 바카라사이트 Korean Medical Student Association.

Last week, 바카라사이트 conflict escalated when 바카라사이트 authorities filed police complaints against striking trainees and fellow doctors and issued executive orders for 바카라사이트m to return to 바카라사이트ir jobs.

This drew a reaction from 바카라사이트 wider medical community. In?of more than 7,000 medical professors, 77 per cent said 바카라사이트y would take group action if interns, residents and fellow doctors were charged, while 95 per cent of clinical professors said 바카라사이트y would refuse to supervise exams.

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