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Students must undertake the National Scholastic Aptitude Test and
the entrance examination offered by SKKUSOM to be able to admit
to the Medical School.
Student Enrollment
In 1997, the medical college admitted its first enrollment of 41
students. Initially, the admission committee intended to select
30% of students through the early admission and 70% by the general
admission process. However, due to the same overall scores gained
by two students, 13 students were selected by the early admission
and 28 students by the general admission process. In 1998, 50% of
the 39 freshmen were selected through the early admission and 50%
by the general admission. In 1999, 40 students were admitted with
the same proportion of selection. One student, who was admitted
in 1997, withdrew from the medical college because of change in
the field of study. Another student withdrew from the college after
a year to enroll in another medical school. One student decided
to take time off in his second year to serve in the military and
three students failed to advance to the third year. Thus, to this
date, there are 35 enrolled students in the third year, and all
first and second year students are currently enrolled as admitted.
Students spend their first and second year at Sungkyunkwan University
College of Natural Sciences which is situated in Suwon. Students
take various liberal arts courses during their first college year
then begin to take basic medical science courses from the second
year. Starting from the third year, students are exposed to the
Problem Based Learning (PBL) education offered at the clinical medicine
research facility of Samsung Medical Center (Il-won dong, Seoul)
and receive medical education with a systemic approach to the human
body and diseases. This type of education continues until the fourth
year and clinical clerkship is scheduled for the fifth and sixth
year of medical college.
< Student Enrollment (as of Sep. 1999)>
| Grade |
First year |
Second year |
Third year |
| Enrollment |
40 |
41 |
34 |
| Yr. Of admission |
99 |
98 |
97 |
| No of admission |
40 |
39 |
41 |
| Reasons for temporary absence or withdrawal from medical collage |
|
Sick absence: 1 |
Fail:3
military service:1
Admission to other medical school:2 |
| National Scholar Aptitute Test (score) |
Early: 0.3%
General: 0.43% |
Early: 0.3%
General: 0.5% |
Early: 0.5%
General: 0.8% |
Advancement
All students are required to complete the courses deemed necessary
by the medical school. The courses are offered on the basis of the
PBL system, which is more student-directed than the conventional
system. To advance into the next year, all students are required
to complete all mandatory subjects successfully with an average
grade of C or above.
Graduation and Medical Licensure
To be an eligible candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine,
students are required to earn a minimum of 252 credits in total
by completing the 6-year course at the school. They are also subjected
to pass successfully all examinations given by the medical school.
At the end of six years, candidates eligible for graduation will
be recommended to the President of Sungkyunkwan University for the
degree of Bachelor of Medicine. Students should pass the National
Medical Licensing Examination in order to practice as a physician
in Korea at the end of the 6th year. The examination is run by the
National Health Personnel Licensing Examination Board, a joint body
of the various health-related professional organizations including
the Korean Medical Association. Graduates of the School of Medicine
are automatically eligible to sit for the examination to qualify
for a license to practice medicine in Korea.
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