KMA and Training Hospitals Discuss Measures for Resident Reinstatement

"Efforts to Ensure Continuity of Training Upon Return"

The Korean Medical Association (KMA) announced on July 15 that it had discussed measures for the reinstatement of resident doctors who had resigned, in collaboration with the Korean Association of Training Hospitals.

Taekwoo Kim, President of the Korean Medical Association. Yonhap News

The two sides held a meeting the previous day at the KMA headquarters in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, and agreed that the situation is complex, with various issues such as the quotas of each training hospital and the board certification exams intertwined. They also agreed to work together to ensure the continuity of resident training.

The KMA plans to arrange a meeting so that the Korean Association of Training Hospitals and the Korean Intern Resident Association (KIRA), which represents the residents, can engage in substantive discussions.

Recently, the residents who had resigned have been accelerating discussions about returning to work, mainly through KIRA. KIRA is scheduled to hold an extraordinary general assembly of delegates on July 19 to finalize specific demands related to their return.

It is reported that, ahead of the recruitment of residents for the second half of the year, the residents are hoping for measures such as the postponement of military enlistment for those who are waiting to be drafted, the guarantee that those who have already enlisted can return to their original training hospitals after discharge, and the shortening of the internship training period.

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