Hyunmi Park, an associate professor at Korea University College of Medicine, discusses the strike by junior doctors in South Korea in response to plans to increase medical school places. The deeper crisis at hand is a shortage of doctors in lifesaving specialties, not due to a lack of willing professionals but systemic barriers preventing effective medical practice. Doctors in these specialties face the threat of criminal prosecution if patient outcomes do not meet families’ expectations. This situation highlights the challenges facing the healthcare system in South Korea and the need for systemic change to address the shortage of doctors in critical medical fields.
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Junior doctors’ strike in South Korea: systemic barriers undermine medical practice
