Most medical school professors appear to be opposed to filling vacant residency positions with other personnel during the second half of this year’s recruitment.
According to the National Medical School Professors’ Association (NMA) on the 27th, a survey of 3,039 medical school professors nationwide conducted from the 19th to the 25th of this month showed that even if the second half of the year’s residency recruitment is confirmed, 50.2% (1,525 people) of the respondents said they would not hire residents at all for the second half of the year’s residency training recruitment. 44% said, “We will only hire residents from our hospital.”
Medical staff enter the medical school building while a temporary general faculty meeting hosted by the Yonsei University College of Medicine Faculty Association Emergency Response Committee is held at the Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul in March. News 1
Most medical school professors have effectively declared their intention to ‘boycott’ the application process by not accepting applications for residency at existing hospitals or departments.
There were also many negative evaluations of the hospital’s decision to collectively dismiss “non-responsive residents” who did not submit a return or resignation notice. 66.9% of professors responded that they were “against” the decision, while only half of that number, 30.1%, were in favor.
The training hospitals requested the 15th of this month to submit their intentions to return or resign, as requested by the government, but most residents did not respond. Accordingly, the hospitals are processing the resignations of residents who have not returned and are recruiting residents for the second half of the year starting on the 22nd of this month to fill the vacancies.
Professors and medical staff are moving into the Seoul National University Hospital Children’s Hospital building in Yeongeon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul. News 1
Professors saw little possibility that former residents would return to their former hospitals through the second half of the year’s residency recruitment.
60.9% (1,850 people) of the respondents answered that ‘regardless of required or non-required departments, the possibility of returning is very low.’ The remaining 33.9% (1,030 people) believed that ‘some returns will take place, mainly in popular departments.’
In this survey, the majority of professors predicted that the recruitment of specialists in the second half of the year would have a negative impact on the relationship between professors and specialists in the future. 90.6% of respondents (2,754 people) answered that it would be ‘very negative.’
Medical staff and patients are moving around a general hospital in Seoul. News 1
The Korean Medical Association said, “The mass resignation of unresponsive residents due to the government’s coercion and the misjudgment of some hospital directors who went along with it was wrong,” and “Recruiting residents in the second half of the year will only hinder the return of residents who resigned, making it more difficult to solve the problem.”
He continued, “Due to the government’s medical and educational corruption, it has become impossible to educate new medical school students in 2025, and there is a high possibility that medical school professors who have lost their duties will leave their current positions,” and emphasized, “The government should make efforts to restore the Korean medical system to its original state.”
Reporter Yun Sol sol.yun@segye.com
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