As of March 2001, there are a total of 405 faculty on full-time basis in the medical school. They are divided among 27 departments or divisions, with each department belonging to either basic medical sciences or clinical sciences. The department activities of basic medical sciences are closely correlated and fostered through the control of the Chair of the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences. Each clinical department is a functional unit, which performs patient care, research and student education.

The control of the Medical School is vested in the Board of Trustees of Sungkyunkwan University. The Dean is responsible for the operation of the School through the President of the University. The faculty, through the Faculty Executive Committee, which comprises the chairperson from each department, has general authority over all educational affairs except student admissions. Operational responsibilities for specific affairs of the School are delegated to the standing committees or offices, chaired by the Dean or each respective Associate Dean.

Committee on Undergraduate Medical Education

The Committee on Undergraduate Medical Education (CUME) is the governing body of the overall six-year curriculum and controls and coordinates the three specific Committees on Basic Sciences Education, Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Program and Clinical Clerkship. The CUME is charged by the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and comprises each chair of the above three specific committees, the Director of Medical Education Office, a representative from each of the four major clinical departments, two student representatives, and one invited guest as a specialist in medical education.

Each of the three specific committees play a fundamental role in planning, developing, monitoring, examining, and revising the curriculum specific to the academic years of M1-M2, M3-M4 and M5-M6, respectively. The CUME controls the whole curriculum through reviewing and approval of the reports from each committee.

Each unit of the curriculum is developed according to the CUME’s plan and is administered by a unit committee. Each unit committee develops the components of its specific curriculum and arranges its presentation.

Administrative Organization

Cooperation in Education