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Journal of Medical Education

Current Trend in the Medical Education and Teaching of Medical Physiology in Korea

Duk-Joon Suh

Abstract

Currently there are 41 medical colleges in Korea. Increased number of medical colleges, class size and shortage of educational resources have caused the medical educators to express the concern about the quality of medical education. The medical school curriculum had been modified in 1970s as the medical educators became aware of the problems relating to the subspecialty-oriented medical education. Major modifications of curriculum and pedagogic method including medical physiology teaching included adjustment of the sequence of teaching of various subjects (e.g., moving some basic sciences components to the premedical course, and transferring some clinical sciences components to the second year of medical curriculum,, etc.). There has been substantial resistance to such modification of curriculum. To facilitate changes of the curriculum, medical colleges sponsored faculty seminars or conducted workshops on medical education. In Korea, the traditional curriculum is challenged by socioeconomic change. Although there is a consensus for the need of change of medical education, The process for the reform in medical education in Korea remains obscure due to both hindering and facilitating factors. Evidence suggests that innovative changes are needed now to anticipate the circumstancesthat are beginning to alter the practice of medicine that today's medical students will confront in the future. The present educational system will become increasingly inadequate unless it is revised and renewed.

First Page

393

Last Page

401

DOI

10.6145/jme.200312_7(4).0007

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