Реформування медичної освіти в Кореї: світовий досвід.

Abstract

The Ukrainian healthcare system is looking for ways to build a new model that will comply with European standards. Therefore it is necessary to make reforms in higher medical education. Reforms of higher medical education require the study of foreign experience in training future doctors. Foreign countries where doctors are trained in accordance with European standards are of considerable interest. The article examines the transformation of traditional East Asian medicine in Korea under the influence of modernization over the past century. The development of the medical system of East Asia is analyzed from the modernization of traditional institutions. The dynamics of the relationship between Western medicine and Korean traditional medicine has been studied. Confucianism was shaping the political structure and human relations in Korea before 1876. The country's economy was based on agriculture. Due to the isolationist policy, the government did not open the doors to Western countries until 1876. In the last few decades Korean society has undergone tremendous changes. Political and economical changes have led to changes in education. Many modern medical schools, scientific research institutions, and hospitals have been established. An important problem was the reconstruction of classical theories, standardization of medical terms and scientific test results. Three stages of Korean medical education are considered. The first stage is university education providing three directions depending on duration of education (the six-year curriculum is used by private universities, the 4-year curriculum is used for postgraduate study, the 7-year curriculum is used for school graduates). ISSN 2308-4855 (Print), ISSN 2308-4863 (Online) 235 The second stage is the National Licensing Exam, which is recognized by future doctors and is managed by the National Expert Commission for Licensing of Healthcare Personnel. The third stage is the 4-year curriculum of training Clinical Specialist by the Korean Medical Hospitals Association and continuing medical education by the Association of Korean Medicine