Recruitment of 24 'Public Health Scholarship Students' Including Medical and Nursing Students Until the 25th

Ministry of Health and Welfare Addresses Medical Staff Shortage in Underserved Areas Through Mandatory Service After License Acquisition

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on the 6th that it will recruit 24 public health scholarship students for 2022 to discover and nurture medical personnel with passion and a sense of mission in the public healthcare sector.

The public health scholarship system has been implemented since 1977 to assign medical personnel to medically underserved areas. The selection was suspended in 1996 but resumed as a pilot project in 2019, selecting and supporting a total of 48 scholarship students over three years until last year.

This year, a total of 24 students will be selected, including 11 medical students (including medical graduate students) and 13 nursing students. Medical students selected as scholarship recipients will receive 10.2 million KRW per semester (20.4 million KRW annually), and nursing students will receive 8.2 million KRW per semester (16.4 million KRW annually) in scholarships. Various programs will also be provided to strengthen their capabilities as medical professionals, such as lectures and practical training to enhance understanding of the public healthcare field during vacation periods, conversations with seniors, and mentoring.

After graduation, scholarship students must work at public hospitals such as local medical centers where there is a demand for personnel for the duration equivalent to the period they received the scholarship, upon obtaining a medical or nursing license.

The regions selecting medical student scholarship recipients this year are Busan, Gyeonggi, Gangwon, Chungbuk, Jeonbuk, and Gyeongbuk, totaling six locations. The regions selecting nursing student scholarship recipients are Incheon, Gyeonggi, Gangwon, Chungbuk, Jeonbuk, Jeonnam, Gyeongbuk, and Jeju, totaling eight locations.

Students wishing to apply for the scholarship should choose one of these local governments and submit their application form, portfolio, transcript, and high school graduation certificate to their school administration office by the 25th. An additional 10 points will be awarded if the applicant graduated from a high school in the desired work region and is expected to graduate from a university in the same region.

The selection of scholarship students will be conducted through document and interview evaluations by a selection evaluation committee composed of university professors, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare will make the final decision based on the evaluation results.

For more details, inquiries can be made to the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Public Healthcare Division and the National Medical Center’s Public Health Medical Support Center. Additionally, approximately six online briefing sessions will be held between the 7th and 14th.

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