Medical policy of medical professors association should be carefully established and implemented in accordance with transparent and rational procedures
Nov 28, 2025
According to the Board of Audit and Inspection's audit that the Ministry of Health and Welfare's decision to increase the number of medical school students by 2000 in 2024 had no clear basis, the National Council of Professors of Medical Sciences (hereinafter referred to as the faculty association) officially confirmed serious structural problems in the process of establishing and implementing medical policies.
The Board of Audit and Inspection released an audit report on the 27th that there were overall problems from determining the size of the increase to allocating the quota for each university in connection with the push to increase the number of medical school admissions by 2,000, which triggered the so-called 'medical turmoil'.
Accordingly, the Board of Audit and Inspection called on the Ministry of Health and Welfare to refer to the survey in the process of adjusting the number of medical schools in the future, and the Ministry of Education to be careful to thoroughly allocate quotas for each university.
In response, the faculty association said in a statement released on the 28th that "The Ministry of Health and Welfare's decision to increase the number of medical school students by 2000 in 2024 had no clear basis, and it was confirmed that the validity and equity of the Ministry of Education's "Allocation of university students" were also undermined by inconsistent applications. "In the end, serious structural problems in the process of establishing and implementing government medical policies, which have been continuously raised by the medical and medical circles, have been officially confirmed."
Then "The government should recognize these audit results seriously and find their direction amid scientific and rational grounds and cooperative governance structures with groups of medical experts in the field. In other words, medical policy should fully reflect key factors such as estimating the supply and demand of doctors, improving the medical education environment, and resolving regional and essential medical imbalances, and should be carefully established and implemented according to transparent and reasonable procedures.
In addition, the faculty association is ready to participate in all consultations required by the government at any time to achieve the goal of fostering quality medical personnel, rehabilitating community and essential medical care, and developing medical education as a subject of protecting the lives and health of the people," he added.
The Board of Audit and Inspection released an audit report on the 27th that there were overall problems from determining the size of the increase to allocating the quota for each university in connection with the push to increase the number of medical school admissions by 2,000, which triggered the so-called 'medical turmoil'.
Accordingly, the Board of Audit and Inspection called on the Ministry of Health and Welfare to refer to the survey in the process of adjusting the number of medical schools in the future, and the Ministry of Education to be careful to thoroughly allocate quotas for each university.
In response, the faculty association said in a statement released on the 28th that "The Ministry of Health and Welfare's decision to increase the number of medical school students by 2000 in 2024 had no clear basis, and it was confirmed that the validity and equity of the Ministry of Education's "Allocation of university students" were also undermined by inconsistent applications. "In the end, serious structural problems in the process of establishing and implementing government medical policies, which have been continuously raised by the medical and medical circles, have been officially confirmed."
Then "The government should recognize these audit results seriously and find their direction amid scientific and rational grounds and cooperative governance structures with groups of medical experts in the field. In other words, medical policy should fully reflect key factors such as estimating the supply and demand of doctors, improving the medical education environment, and resolving regional and essential medical imbalances, and should be carefully established and implemented according to transparent and reasonable procedures.
In addition, the faculty association is ready to participate in all consultations required by the government at any time to achieve the goal of fostering quality medical personnel, rehabilitating community and essential medical care, and developing medical education as a subject of protecting the lives and health of the people," he added.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
