SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the government’s continued efforts to ensure a sufficient supply of medical residents for essential medical departments, the shortage of such medical residents remains unabated. The number of essential medical departments suffering from a shortage of applicants increased from eight in 2017 to 10 last year, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Pediatrics, one of the most essential fields in the healthcare industry, is struggling from unpopularity as increasing numbers of medical residents are more inclined to join other fields. Seoul’s ‘Big 5’ hospitals — Catholic Medical Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Asan Medical Center and Severance Hospital [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Since 2014, approximately 300 professors and physicians completing residencies at national university hospitals have been caught committing crimes of sexual misconduct and assault. In troubling news, most perpetrators were found to have faced disciplinary measures that amounted to little more than a slap on the wrist. According to Kim [...]