A bill establishing the legal basis for creating a national graduate school of medicine (national medical graduate school) to have the state directly train public health and medical personnel passed the National Assembly's plenary session on the 23rd.
The National Assembly held a plenary session that afternoon and passed the enactment bill for the "Act on the Establishment and Operation of the National Graduate School of Medicine" with 158 in favor, 4 against, and 4 abstentions out of 166 members present. The enactment bill contains the basis for establishing a national medical graduate school to train doctors who will work in the public medical sector.
The establishment of the national medical graduate school has been pursued as one of the Lee Jae-myung administration's state tasks in the healthcare sector. The government plans to open the school in 2030 and admit 100 students each year. The national medical graduate school will be established in the form of a graduate university (four-year program). Selected students can receive state budget support for education costs, including tuition.
Those who obtain a medical license through the national medical graduate school must serve in the public medical sector for 15 years.