South Korea presses ahead with medical school admissions hike despite trainee doctor strike

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SEOUL: South Korea said on Thursday (May 30) its medical schools will accept almost 1,500 additional students next year, pressing ahead with an admissions hike that has caused

Doctor s take part in a rally to protest against government plans to increase medical school admissions in Seoul, South Korea on Mar 3, 2024. SEOUL: South Korea said on Thursday its medical school s will accept almost 1,500 additional students next year, pressing ahead with an admissions hike that has caused

Groups representing doctors counter that the hike will lower the quality of education and that the move will not motivate doctors to work in remote areas or less popular fields of practice. The government should instead prioritise better pay and working conditions, they say. Medical schools will accept 4,610 students next year, the education ministry said, somewhat shy of President Yoon Suk Yeol's target of 5,000.

The Korean Health and Medical Workers' Union representing healthcare workers urged trainee doctors to return to work while asking the government to consider all options.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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