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KMID : 0387319990090020139
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Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration
1999 Volume.9 No. 2 p.139 ~ p.156
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Primary Care Physicians and Residency Training Programs in Korea
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Kim Byung-Ik
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Abstract
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Recent changes in the health care environment have directed increasing attention to the number and specialty mix of practicing physicians. A major concern identified in Korean health care system is the serious oversupply of specialists and a relative lack of primary care physicians. Currently only 21% of Korean physicians are primary care physicians (general practitioners and family physicians), and less than 10% of recent medical school graduates are choosing to enter primary care.
More primary care physicians are needed to deal with major problems in the current health care system, such as cost and access. The infrastructure that relies on primary care physicians is needed to deliver cost-effective and efficient care. To achieve a better balance of primary care to non-primary care physicians, more medical students need to choose careers in one of the primary care specialties (family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics). This paper suggests the necessity of reforming the Korean graduate medical education system, that is, establishing the path of training primary care physicians in internal medicine and pediatrics residency training programs.
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KEYWORD
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primary care physicians, residency training programs
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