Training Essential Medical and Physician Scientists... A Total of 342 Medical Students Selected for Practice and Research

The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on the 12th that a total of 342 medical students were selected this year for essential medical practice and medical science research.

This project has been supported since 2021 to discover and nurture future professionals and physician-scientists in essential medical fields. For essential medical practice, 255 medical students were selected out of 473 applicants who applied to participate in six fields (trauma, pediatric cardiology, infectious diseases, neurosurgery, public health, and primary care).

The Ministry of Health and Welfare expanded the support areas for essential medical practice from three to six as one of the key tasks in the essential medical support measures, resulting in an increase of 82 applicants compared to last year.

Additionally, for nurturing future physician-scientists, 276 applicants applied for 49 research topics proposed by 21 institutions including medical schools, and 87 were finally selected. The selected students are expected to participate in essential medical practice and medical science research during summer and winter vacations according to each institution's schedule.

Lee Hyung-hoon, Director of Health and Medical Policy at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said, "With regional and essential medical workforce shortages emerging as social issues and growing social interest in nurturing physician-scientists, it is encouraging news that medical students, the future talents, showed high interest in this government support project. We will continue to expand support to ensure sufficient personnel are trained in essential medical and medical science fields that are crucial to our society," he added.

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