This time, the administration is clashing with Congress, which is responsible for accrediting medical school programs.

2024-07-04 13:00:48

Vice Minister of Education Oh Seok-hwan held a press conference at the Sejong City Hall Building on the 4th, calling on the Korea Medical Education Evaluation Institute to play a neutral and impartial role. /newssith

The government’s push to increase the number of medical students has clashed with the Korea Medical Education Assessment Agency (KISA), which evaluates and certifies the quality of medical school education. When National Assembly President Ahn Ahn-seon recently expressed concern that “the quality of education and training at many (increased) medical schools in non-capital areas will inevitably decline,” the Ministry of Education strongly refuted the decision, calling it “unfounded.” Prediction.

The National Institute of Medicine is the organization that evaluates and accredits medical school programs. If universities that increase the number of medical students are denied accreditation, the government that promotes this policy at the risk of residents resigning en masse, medical students refusing to attend classes, and suspending applications for expansion will inevitably be affected.

Vice Minister of Education Oh Seok-hwan held an emergency briefing on the 4th and said, “The director of the Korea Medical Education Evaluation Institute, Ahn Ahn-seon, made baseless predictions regarding the decline in medical quality and continued to create uneasiness through media interviews.” Adding, “I express my deep concern and regret.” “I express that,” he said.

Medical schools across the country must regularly obtain accreditation from the National Institute of Medicine’s evaluation of their medical school curriculum and educational environment. Certification is also required when significant changes occur, such as an enrollment increase of more than 10%. Among the 32 medical schools that will increase the number of students from the 2025 academic year, 30 universities are eligible to receive accreditation, except for Yonsei University (Future Campus) and Inje University, which have smaller increases in student numbers.

Medical schools that are not accredited may suspend admissions to new students or limit their eligibility to take state physical exams. In this context, the Congress chief expressed his stance through a media interview, saying: “The decline in the quality of education and training in many medical colleges in non-capital regions is inevitable.”

“The government urges Congress to carry out its duties from a neutral and impartial stance in accordance with the original intention of its establishment,” Deputy Minister Wu said today, adding, “In the current (doctor-centered) expert-centered situation, the operating system , consumer groups and other public interest representatives, educational private experts, etc. The Korean Council’s board of directors consists of 22 members, 18 of whom are doctors, and also include officials from the medical association. This is understandable since the influence of the medical community cannot be counted. In order to try to express the voices of the government and patient groups through “public welfare representatives”.

In response, Congress said: “We have done a good job so far in a neutral way, and because we work in this way, the government recognizes us as an assessment agency,” adding: “In order for the government to be able to say If medical education (quality) will not decline, necessary support and support must be provided to the education field.

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