6 Out of 10 Resigned Residents Re-employed as General Practitioners... 3,392 Still "Outside Hospitals"

60% of Re-Employed Residents Work at Clinic-Level Medical Institutions

While the government is conducting additional recruitment for residents who have resigned, it has been found that 6 out of 10 residents who left their training positions have been re-employed as general practitioners.

According to data received by Kim Sunmin, a member of the National Assembly's Health and Welfare Committee from the Rebuilding Korea Party, from the Ministry of Health and Welfare on May 26, among 8,791 residents who either resigned from training hospitals or declined their appointments, 5,399 (61.4%) have been re-employed as general practitioners in medical institutions.

A general practitioner is a doctor who has graduated from medical school and passed the national medical licensing exam but has not completed a resident training program. If a general practitioner completes both the internship and residency in a specific field and passes the board certification exam, they become a specialist.

Looking at the re-employment status by type of hospital, 3,258 residents (60.3%) found new positions at clinic-level medical institutions. Of the 3,258 residents working at clinic-level institutions, 1,094 were re-employed in Seoul. Including Incheon (226) and Gyeonggi (901), residents re-employed at clinics in the Seoul metropolitan area account for 68% of the total.

Only 2.2% (117 residents) were re-employed at tertiary general hospitals. The number of residents re-employed at hospitals and general hospitals was 1,312 and 712, respectively.

Excluding all these re-employed individuals, 3,392 residents who resigned are still not working at any medical institution.

Meanwhile, training hospitals nationwide are currently conducting additional recruitment for residents who have resigned. Applications are scheduled to close around May 27, with successful candidates to be announced at the end of this month. Residents who return through this additional recruitment will be eligible to take the board certification exam in February next year and, after three months of additional training, will become specialists.

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