Family medicine residency training program in 1996
| Year | Mandatory number of required patients | Course contents | Conferences | Article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st year | More than 60 discharged patients (annual number, including 10 family medicine patients) |
Department of Family Medicine: 6 months or more of exclusive training Required majors: Internal medicine 6 months or more, pediatrics 2–4 months, surgery 2–3 months, obstetrics 2–3 months must be dispatched. Required elective courses: 8 to 12 months dispatch period. Orthopedics, psychiatry, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, dermatology, urology, community medical institutions, emergency medicine, and diagnostic radiology are included. Free elective courses: 4 to 6 months dispatch period. During the training course, residents can select and train in areas which is not competent. |
More than 3 academic conferences, More than 300 in-hospital conferences | 1 main article, 1 sub-article |
| 2nd year |
More than 40 discharged patients (annual number, including 10 family medicine patients) More than 100 outpatients |
Same as 1st year | Same as 1st year | Same as 1st year |
| 3rd year | More than 200 outpatients | Same as 1st year | Same as 1st year | Same as 1st year |
| Total |
More than 100 discharged patients (annual number, including 10 family medicine patients) More than 300 outpatients |
More than 3 academic conferences, More than 300 in-hospital conferences | 1 main article, 1 sub-article | |
| Note | In order to improve the quality of the training of family medicine residents, they can be dispatched to medical institutions recognized by the KAFM on a yearly basis. | |||
KAFM, Korean Academy of Family Medicine.
Data from Ministry of Health and Social Affairs.5)