South Korea selects 60 teaching hospitals for training programme

Funding varies from $21,679 (KRW30m) to $216,781 (KRW300m).

Sixty teaching hospitals in South Korea have been selected for the "2025 Training Environment Innovation Program" for trainee doctors, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

Starting this September, participating hospitals will receive allowances for supervising specialists based on their roles and increased training workloads.

They will also receive funding to operate training programmes such as in-hospital training, case conferences, and workshops.

Funding varies by hospital size and location, ranging from $21,679 (KRW30m) for smaller hospitals to $216,781 (KRW300m) for larger institutions.

Support for facility improvements and equipment will also be provided, focusing on regional hospitals to build local training capacity.

The programme is expected to provide priority support for the establishment of training systems for interns and eight core specialities.

These specialities include Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Emergency Medicine, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Neurology, and Neurosurgery.

KRW1 = $0.00072