The past, present, and future of traditional medicine education in Korea

Korea has kept the heritage of Korean traditional medicine (KM) during the 19th century harsh modernization, and has established a medical system in parallel with Western medicine. The purpose of this study was to review systematically the history and current system for educating highly qualified tr...

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Autores principales: Han, Sang Yun, Kim, Hee Young, Lim, Jung Hwa, Cheon, Jinhong, Kwon, Young Kyu, Kim, Hyungwoo, Yang, Gi Young, Chae, Han
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5381420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28462101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2016.03.003
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author Han, Sang Yun
Kim, Hee Young
Lim, Jung Hwa
Cheon, Jinhong
Kwon, Young Kyu
Kim, Hyungwoo
Yang, Gi Young
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description Korea has kept the heritage of Korean traditional medicine (KM) during the 19th century harsh modernization, and has established a medical system in parallel with Western medicine. The purpose of this study was to review systematically the history and current system for educating highly qualified traditional medical doctors in Korea. KM produces 750 certified medical doctors every year with a 4–7-year curriculum in 12 universities and their affiliated hospitals. There are 22,074 clinicians along with 2474 clinical specialists in eight departments as of 2014. A national licensing examination and continuing medical education for KM are used for maintaining qualifications of KM doctors, and independent organizations are established for the evaluation of educational institutes. KM has thrived to establish an independent and competitive educational system for KM doctors, equivalent to Western medicine, and has regained a pivotal role for public health in Korea. This study would be useful for cultivating traditional medicine and establishing its educational system in the world.
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spelling pubmed-53814202017-05-01 The past, present, and future of traditional medicine education in Korea Han, Sang Yun Kim, Hee Young Lim, Jung Hwa Cheon, Jinhong Kwon, Young Kyu Kim, Hyungwoo Yang, Gi Young Chae, Han Integr Med Res Review Article Korea has kept the heritage of Korean traditional medicine (KM) during the 19th century harsh modernization, and has established a medical system in parallel with Western medicine. The purpose of this study was to review systematically the history and current system for educating highly qualified traditional medical doctors in Korea. KM produces 750 certified medical doctors every year with a 4–7-year curriculum in 12 universities and their affiliated hospitals. There are 22,074 clinicians along with 2474 clinical specialists in eight departments as of 2014. A national licensing examination and continuing medical education for KM are used for maintaining qualifications of KM doctors, and independent organizations are established for the evaluation of educational institutes. KM has thrived to establish an independent and competitive educational system for KM doctors, equivalent to Western medicine, and has regained a pivotal role for public health in Korea. This study would be useful for cultivating traditional medicine and establishing its educational system in the world. Elsevier 2016-06 2016-03-19 /pmc/articles/PMC5381420/ /pubmed/28462101 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2016.03.003 Text en © 2016 Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine. Published by Elsevier. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28462101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2016.03.003
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