□ Hankyung National University (President Lee Won-hee) held a discussion on the establishment of a new medical school on December 14. This forum was a place to discuss practical directions for resolving the problem of insufficient public medical supply in Gyeonggi-do, and was held with presentations and expert discussions on the necessity and promotion plan of establishing a new medical school.

At the forum, which was attended by more than 200 □, there was a lively discussion on why it is necessary to establish a medical school at a national university. In the case of existing medical schools, there is a lack of content on core competencies in public health care in the educational goals and curriculum, and even though local medical schools aim to train doctors who will work in the local community, most of the doctors actually work in large cities after graduation.

□, Hankyung National University merged with Korea Welfare University in 2023, and Korea Welfare University is a university specialized in the field of rehabilitation health and welfare for people with disabilities, and emphasized its differentiation from other private universities in Gyeonggi-do with the goal of fostering professionals in the field of rehabilitation health and welfare and solving the problem of public health supply and demand. It also proposed a minimum of 10 years of compulsory local service to prevent the leakage of doctors.

□ the importance of prioritizing students residing in Gyeonggi-do, operating specialized training courses for prospective medical personnel working in rural areas, and establishing a system of chemistry in the selection-curriculum-placement of medical students in the relevant regions was also discussed. In Japan, 3.1 percent of them avoided compulsory service in their communities, and 68.9 percent continued to work at medical institutions in their communities even after the period of compulsory service, and this system, which was introduced in 1972, is considered to have contributed greatly to the medical care of the local community.

□, Kim Chang-hyun, Director of Planning at Hankyung National University, presented a 10-year roadmap for the establishment of a medical school, and announced a detailed plan for the preparation for the establishment of a medical school, the establishment of the foundation, and the expansion of the foundation, as well as the available land, the plan to secure the budget, the supply and demand of manpower , and the operating cost of the medical college and affiliated hospitals.

President Lee Won-hee □ said, "Today's discussion on the establishment of Hankyung National University College of Medicine was prepared to solve the problems of the local community and public health, and I believe that it is the responsibility of the National University to solve these problems. We look forward to the exchange of various opinions to come up with practical and concrete measures to solve the problem."

List of participants in the □ forum △ (Moderator) Professor Oh Ho-taek, Hankyung National University △ Lim Jun, Director of Public Medical Service Office, Incheon Metropolitan City Medical Center △ Jung Il-yong, Director of Gyeonggi Medical Center △ Lim Deok-ho, Director of Emergency Medicine, Anseong Hospital, Gyeonggi Medical Center △ Heo Hak-beom, Member of Health and Welfare Subcommittee, Anseong City Citizen Participation Committee △ Kim Mi-jung, President of Anseong City Nurses Association △ Kim Yesul, Secretary, Medical Manpower Policy Division, Ministry of Health and Welfare △ Kim Chang-hyun, Director of Planning Department, Hankyung National University