“Which doctor to choose from the first place in the whole school vs. the school of public medicine? Controversy

The Korean Medical Association (Medical Association) medical policy research institute, which opposes government medical policy such as the establishment of a public medical school, apologized when a post about the related content in the form of a question The test generated controversy.

On Day 1, the Medical Policy Research Institute of the Medical Association published 4 posts in the form of problem solving on their official Facebook account, saying: ‘Facts that the government and the media have not reported: only those who oppose the doctor’s strike must be resolved. ‘ In the first question, we asked if we could choose a doctor when we had to obtain an important diagnosis that would determine life or death. As options, two doctors who dedicated themselves to studying in school were suggested to obtain first place in the whole school each year and two doctors who entered a public medical school through a recommendation system, although their grades were very low. To this question, one reviewer commented: “Medicine is different depending on the skill level of the individual physician, and what does it have to do with SAT scores?” As the post became controversial, the institute voiced the choice of answer to question # 1 on the afternoon of day 2, between ‘a doctor who devoted himself to studying at school to avoid missing out on the first prize in the whole school every year ‘and’ a doctor who entered medical school who dreamed of through fair competition and entrance examination. I changed it to ‘.

There was also a post asking what opinion they would follow if the two students became doctors and made different diagnoses, including ‘General medical school students who passed SAT scores’ and’ Public medical schools who were admitted. without taking the exam after being recommended by the head of a civic group. Students were given the option. The third question asked who would like to perform surgery in a medical school with a large number of patients, and “a physician who has experienced and trained in several surgeries in a medical school with many patients” and “surgery in a local public medical school that does not have an infrastructure. ” He was chosen from among the doctors I rarely met.
In the social networking service (SNS) it has been criticized that the College of Physicians has created a controversy about discrimination, such as the evaluation of qualifications as a doctor based on academic training. Faced with the controversy, the research institute reviewed the post on the 2nd and announced on Facebook that “we apologize for causing displeasure with inappropriate expressions.”
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