“9 national universities’ medical schools need an additional 2,363 professors in the next 6 years due to increased enrollment.”

Rep. Jin Sun-mi’s Office Analyzes Survey Results…”Possible Delays in Securing Medical School Professors”,
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Moving medical team
A medical team is moving at a university hospital in downtown Seoul on July 23rd. [Yonhap News Agency file photo. Prohibition of redistribution and DB],
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, ‘ (Sejong=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Su-hyun = It has been identified that 9 non-capital national universities that have increased the number of medical school students have requested from the government the necessity of an additional 2,000 professors over the next 6 years.’,
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, ” According to the analysis of the ‘Survey on Demand for Increasing the Number of Medical School Slots at Non-Capital National Universities,’ submitted by each national university and analyzed by Rep. Jin Sun-mi (Democratic Party) of the National Assembly Education Committee on the 14th, a total of 2,363 additional medical school professors are needed from 2025 to 2030 by 9 national universities.”,
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, ‘ This survey was requested by the Ministry of Education in March to identify improvement measures for educational conditions at 32 medical schools that will increase their capacity next year.’,
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, ‘ Accordingly, the expanded medical schools submitted to the Ministry of Education estimates of the required professor capacity from 2025 to 2030.’,
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, ‘ As the 9 non-capital national universities surveyed in this analysis alone indicated the need for over 2,000 professors, it is expected that the additional professor requirements will increase even further when expanded to all 32 universities that have increased their capacity.’,
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, ‘ The 9 national universities requested an increase of 421 professors in the field of basic medicine and 1,942 professors in the field of clinical medicine.’,
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, ‘ They noted in the survey that in the immediate future, they would need 115 professors in the field of basic medicine and 577 professors in the field of clinical medicine.’,
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, ‘ By university, the places that submitted the largest increase in the required number of professors in the field of basic medicine for next year were Jeju National University and Chungnam National University, each with 23 professors.’,
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, ‘ They were followed by Chungbuk National University with 20, Gyeongbuk National University with 17, Kangwon National University with 15, and others.’,
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, ‘ Jeju National University recorded the highest number with 200 professors in the field of clinical medicine for next year, followed by Chungnam National University with 105, Chungbuk National University with 82, and Gyeongnam National University with 52.’,
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, ‘ If each national university were to maintain the current level of professor capacity even after increasing medical school slots, it is estimated that the student-to-faculty ratio could soar to as high as 17.4 students per faculty member by 2030 at its peak (Chungnam National University).’,
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, ‘ This would result in an approximately 1.7-fold increase in the student-to-faculty ratio compared to Busan National University, which currently has the highest student-to-faculty ratio among national universities at 10.4 students per faculty member.’,
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, ‘ Rep. Jin stated that although the Ministry of Education announced that it would increase the number of full-time professors at national universities by 1,000 over the next 3 years to respond to the increase in medical school slots, there is a significant gap between the required professor capacity of each national university and the proposed increase, raising concerns about potential delays in securing professors.’,
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, ‘ Rep. Jin criticized, “Given the significant need for additional professors due to the increase in medical school student slots next year, I am skeptical whether the ‘Plan for Advancing Medical Education,’ which the Ministry of Education will announce next month, will contain practical measures.”‘,
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, ‘ She further emphasized, “We will thoroughly analyze the surveys submitted by each university to the government during the parliamentary audit on medical school slot increases scheduled for the 16th and carefully examine the policy implementation process.”‘,
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