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Stanford AHPP and Korea Program joint webinar
What are the underlying issues that have led to the physician-government stand-off impacting South Korea’s medical system? In this webinar, Korean health policy experts and medical students share their views on the breakdown of trust hampering resolution of the impasse. Medical interns and residents walked out over a month ago to protest the government’s announced plan of a substantial increase in the quota for medical school enrollment, to address Korea’s rapidly aging population and low doctor-population ratio. Medical trainees objected to the policy, alleging it would only exacerbate current problems and decrease quality. Military physicians have been called upon to help support the strained medical system. Some attempts at dialogue have failed to diffuse the tensions, with many senior physicians also tendering resignations in support of the junior doctors, albeit remaining at work. Join our webinar to better understand the genesis of the stand-off and potential longer-term impacts.
Soonman is Professor and Former Dean of the School of Public Health, Seoul National University (SNU) and has worked over 30 years on UHC, health finance and systems, and ageing and long-term care in Korea and LMICs. He is the founding director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Health System and Financing, and was the Chief of the Health Sector Group in the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He was the president of the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), which is a R&D agency under the Ministry of Health and Welfare. He received the Excellence in Education award of Seoul National University in 2020.
