Medical Student Association "Unanimous Rejection of National Exam... Continued Struggle" (Update)
[Asia Economy Reporter Cho Hyun-ui] The Emergency Committee of the Korean Medical School and Medical Graduate School Student Association (KMSA) announced on the 6th that they will continue the refusal to take the national medical licensing examination. This follows the government's announcement that the practical exam of the medical licensing examination will be conducted as scheduled starting from the 8th.
The KMSA Emergency Committee made a unanimous decision to maintain the refusal to take the medical licensing examination, based on the resolution of the representatives of examinees from 40 medical schools nationwide on the same day.
The KMSA Emergency Committee stated, "Many members are angered by the insincere political actions of the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the ruling party following the hasty agreement between the Korean Medical Association and the government and ruling party," and added, "The association will maintain collective action according to the opinions of its members."
Cho Seung-hyun, president of the KMSA, said, "We will firmly maintain solidarity with the Emergency Committee of the Korean Intern Resident Association and continue to discuss medical issues," and added, "Medical school professors will also participate in the collective action."
Earlier that day, the government announced that the practical exam of the medical licensing examination will proceed as scheduled from the 8th. The government had postponed the exam start date from the 1st to the 8th after about 90% of medical students expressed their intention to refuse the exam in protest against the expansion of medical school quotas.
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Son Young-rae, head of the Strategic Planning Division of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, urged, "Students who will take this practical exam should be fully aware that if they do not reapply within the registration deadline, it will be difficult to take the practical exam of this round of the medical licensing examination."
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