One day before the practical exam of the doctor … Government ‘sudden delay’

90% request from the medical community to cancel the test.Deferred for one week and implemented from 8

The government decided to postpone the national practical exam of the doctor one week before implementation. They opposed the expansion of medical school fees and feared that around 90% of applicants would request cancellation of the test, disrupting supply and demand for doctors next year. It seems that there is also the intention to avoid the escalation of the conflict by accepting the request of the medical community to withdraw the application from the country. However, the government said: “It is difficult to postpone more”, and urged them to take all the exams from the 8th.

Vice Minister of Health and Welfare Kim Kang-rip said on the afternoon of the 31st: “We have decided to postpone the national practical exam for doctors, which was scheduled to start on the 1st, in a week.” Vice Minister Kim said: “In the process of communication with the medical community to resolve the group medical rejection of the major medical organizations, we were asked to postpone the national practical examination by the doctors of the elderly in the medical field, and we accept the suggestion”. The national exam for doctors in 2021 was originally planned to take place from September 1 to October 27.

The reason the government made such a decision one day before the exam is because around 90% of applicants for the national practical exam cancel their exams, which inevitably disrupts the supply and demand for doctors for the next year. It was also considered that if medical students who canceled their exams this year sit next year, the number of exams will double, creating a burden on the performance and scoring of the practical exam.

Vice Minister Kim said: “We were concerned about the side effects that would unnecessarily harm the futures of many students, and we also considered the problem that there could be disruptions in the public’s medical use in the future.” “Students who had previously canceled the test take the test by new application. You can see. I look forward to the rational choice of medical students.”

At the beginning of the 18th, medical students across the country expressed their intention not to collectively take the practical exam, saying, “By rejecting the national exam, we strongly oppose the expansion of the medical school’s capacity, the establishment of a school of public medicine and remote treatment, etc., promoted by the government. ” According to the Korea National Examination Institute (KIST), which is in charge of the test, approximately 89.3% (2,832) of the 3,172 people accepted as of 6pm on the 25th submitted cancellation and refund requests. Since then, the government has tried to contact individual students to see if it is correct to cancel the exam on their own, but it is known that there are many students who do not receive contact and have suffered difficulties.

However, despite the government’s decision, it is unknown whether medical students will take exams that have been delayed until the 8th. The rejection of medical students’ test groups is intertwined with the conflict between the government. , the Korean Medical Association and the Korean Medical Association. Therefore, if negotiations between the medical association and the government are not concluded, medical students will likely continue to cancel their application.

The government is unlikely to postpone another test. Vice Minister Kim said: “There are inevitable difficulties and limitations in preparing (postponing the exam). At present, it is difficult to consider additional measures and measures. “