Professional Resistance: Why Korean Medical Students are Boycotting Over Increasing Medical School Places
Anna de Beer, Adelina S. Werner, Seunggeun Kim, Frederike A. Jenne · 2024
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Korean medical students walked out en masse in 2024 over a sudden expansion of school places, and four writers explain the boycott. Anna de Beer, Adelina S Werner, Seunggeun Kim, and Frederike A Jenne write the account in 2024. The government raised medical school places by sixty-five percent for 2025. About fourteen thousand students filed leave requests, and twelve thousand doctors resigned in step.
The writers frame the action as professional resistance, not mere self-interest. Fast growth risks diluting training quality, they argue. Independent licensing bodies are named as a missing safeguard. Korea's system ranks among the world's best, yet few new doctors may graduate on schedule. The piece warns other countries eyeing quick expansions.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Anna de Beer, Adelina S. Werner, Seunggeun Kim, Frederike A. Jenne |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 16 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |