Kim Joon Youn
Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, The Research Society of Environmental Genetic Epidemiology and Industrial Medicine Research Institute, Dong-A University.
J Prev Med Public Health. 2006 May;39(3):185-9.
It is the actual state of the medical society in our country that many graduates of medical schools want to be clinicians, and accordingly Korea's medical situation is relatively too focused on curative medicine. However, this situation is changing due to several factors including a growing number of doctors, inappropriate regulations for medical fees, changes in social status of doctors themselves, and excessive competition between doctors. Furthermore, we expect more advances in medical field of Korea since Korean government started to attach great importance to sciences and produced policies to support sciences, and as a result, more and more interest and effort in the fields of basic research including preventive medicine is being attached especially by young doctors as compared against the past. However, decline of clinical medicine fields doesn't always mean bright future for the field of preventive medicine. True future is possible and meaningful only when we prepare for it by ourselves. In other words, as the promising future is closed to one who spares no effort, we shouldn't fear to oppose unknown challenges and simultaneously need to support colleagues who bear such a positive mind. It is the most important thing for our preventive medicine doctors to evaluate the past and the present of preventive medicine and to foster a prospective mind to prepare for the future of preventive medicine. I set forth my several views according to directions for the development of preventive medicine which we already discussed and publicized in the academic circle of preventive medicine. Those directions are recommen dation of clinical preventive medicine, promotion of preventive medicine specialty, fostering the next generations, improving the quality of genetic epidemiologic study, participation in control of environmental pollution and food safety, contribution to chronic disease control, and preparation to role in medical services for unified Korea.
我国医学界的实际情况是，许多医学院毕业生想成为临床医生，因此韩国的医疗状况相对过于注重治疗医学。然而，由于包括医生数量增加、医疗费用规定不当、医生自身社会地位变化以及医生之间过度竞争等多种因素，这种情况正在发生变化。此外，由于韩国政府开始高度重视科学并制定支持科学的政策，我们预计韩国医学领域会有更多进展，结果是与过去相比，年轻医生尤其对包括预防医学在内的基础研究领域投入了越来越多的兴趣和精力。然而，临床医学领域的衰落并不总是意味着预防医学领域有光明的未来。只有我们自己为其做好准备，真正的未来才是可能且有意义的。换句话说，正如有前途的未来属于那些不遗余力的人一样，我们不应害怕面对未知的挑战，同时需要支持有这种积极心态的同事。对我们预防医学医生来说，最重要的是评估预防医学的过去和现在，并培养前瞻性思维，为预防医学的未来做好准备。我根据我们已经在预防医学学术界讨论和公布的预防医学发展方向阐述了我的几点看法。这些方向包括临床预防医学的推荐、预防医学专业的推广、下一代的培养、提高遗传流行病学研究的质量、参与环境污染和食品安全的控制、为慢性病控制做出贡献以及为统一后的韩国医疗服务做好准备。
