Korean Journal of Medical Ethics
The Korean Society for Medical Ethics
Article

우리나라 의학교육에서의 인문사회의학: 울산대학교 의과대학

김하원1, 고희선1, 이무송2, 남주현3, 김원동4, 이재담1
Ha Won KIM1, Hee Sun KO1, Moo Song LEE2, Joo Hyun NAM3, Won Dong KIM4, Jae Dam LEE1
1울산대학교 의과대학 인문사회의학 교실
2울산대학교 의과대학 예방의학 교실
3울산대학교 의과대학 부학장, 산부인과학 교실
4울산대학교 의과대학 학장, 내과학 교실
1Department of Medical Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Ulsan College of Medicine
2Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine
3Associate Dean, Department of Obestetrics & Gynecology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine
4Dean, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine

ⓒ Copyright 2003 The Korean Society for Medical Ethics. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Jun 30, 2003

ABSTRACT

This study examined the classes of medical humanities and social sciences in premedical and medical colleges. We counted the number of courses and credits of medical humanities and social sciences in all the medical schools from 1990 to 2002, with reference to "The present condition of medical school education " published by the Korean Council of Deans of Medical college.

Categorized are medical ethics, medical history, medical law, behavioral science, medical sociology, health policy and management, and others (Doctor-patient relationships, economics, religion, art, music, literature in medicine). We excluded general classes of humanities and social sciences.

Average numbers of courses and credits in 1990 were 0.61, 1.26 and in 2002 were 1.71, 3.34, respectively in premedical schools. In medical schools, the number of courses increased from 1.79 to 4.15 and average credits increased from 1.96 to 5.36. Average numbers of courses have increased and have shown a rapid increase since 1998.

In 1990, most of the classes of medical humanities and social sciences were on medical history and behavioral science, whereas in 2002, there were more diverse classes. Major change was increase of the number of classes and credits of medical ethics and medical sociology.

Private schools opened much more courses of medical humanities and social sciences than public schools in premedical courses but in medical courses there were no significant differences. Numbers of courses showed no differences by years of foundation of each school.

In conclusion, the number of courses of medical humanities and social sciences has increased over about ten years. This increase was caused by effort of Korean researchers of medical education reflecting the worldwide trend. In addition, medical practice has changed since strike of doctors on governmental drug policy in 2000, which caused doctors to newly recognize the importance of the classes on medical humanities and social sciences in medical education.

Keywords: Medical humanities and social sciences; medical education