우리나라 의과대학의 의학직업전문성 교육현황

Abstract

Background: As the importance of the teaching professionalism has become moreemphasized in medical education, the Korean medical educators are trying to introduce and revise new learning materials concerning to the professionalism. The purpose of this study is to analyze the transition of curricula subjects related to the medical professionalism in Korean Medical Schools. Method: A search for the learning subjects was done by reviewing the 'Korean Medical Education Guide' from 1998 to present. Subject titles relating to the medical professionalism and the time allocation of these subjects in lectures and laboratories of the 41 Korean Medical Schools were identified. The annual increasing rate of related subjects, the discrepancy of medical schools according to the established year, the discrepancy of student enrollments and the location of the school, and the rate of difference between public and private schools were analyzed. Result: Subjects containing the content of the medical professionalism in 1998/99 were twenty- eight. There was a rapid increase in the introduction of the professionalism as a curriculum year by year. Although the private medical schools outnumber the publics, there was no significant difference between them in the number of established subjects. But schools with fewer students had more programs relating professionalism than the schools with higher enrollments. This may be understood as a reflection that the relatively newly established schools with fewer students are more ready to be adapted to the curriculum reform than old big medical schools. Conclusion: The results show that there is a rapid growth of subjects relating medical professionalism in the curriculua of Korean medical schools. This study has mainly focused on analyzing the current subject constellation in the curricula, so that a further study about the curriculum content and its teaching method is required.