However, there is still a long way to go before returning. According to the Korean Medical University and Graduate School of Medicine Student Association on the 27th, 38 medical schools, excluding Seoul National University and Yonsei University, announced that they would continue their fight against enrollment. Korea University and Kyungpook National University are on the verge of expulsion due to the unregistered students.
It is because of the peculiarity of the doctor's society that they remain steadfast despite various conciliations. The doctor's society is divided into students, majors, professors, and practitioners, making it difficult for one group to represent. Anyone who speaks out is often attacked by "what qualification do you have to come forward?" In the same vein, when four medical professors at Seoul National University issued an appeal for their return under their real names on the 17th, merciless verbal abuse from colleagues and seniors and juniors poured out.
After all, the Korean Medical Association is the one who should step up now. This is because they are dealing with the government as the only legal organization in the medical community. Don't you think you are proud to represent 140,000 doctors. The problem is that even though the students' expulsion is just around the corner, the medical association is only turning its back. A standing board meeting was held the day before, but no clear message or countermeasures came out after that.
The medical association asks, "Do you think we'll hear that we're talking when medical students are also adults?" The key to resolving the situation is still not being pointed out. This is not to say that students should be forced to sit in the classroom. It is to give an official message so that those who are hesitant to return can confidently use it as a "justification." "It's time to get back to where you are now."
Previously, there was no role of the medical association when the medical community received "0 additional people next year" from the government. The president of the Korean Medical Association, who was elected earlier this year, has not appeared at the negotiating table for a long time. Long silence is, in the end, an act that abandons the legitimacy of being a 'physician society representative'. It's time to ask yourself if you've forgotten your duty or if you don't even have the will.
[Shim Heejin, Ministry of Science and Technology edge@mk.co.kr ]
