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2020 South Korean Medical Strike
In 2020, South Korean medical strike happened when South Korean medical workers went on strike to protest the government's plan to expand admissions to medical schools. Background It is reported that faculty members of medical schools in South Korea have a substantial level of burnout. A nationwide survey conducted in 2020 found that 37.1% of faculty members reported high levels of burnout. This is higher than the rate reported in large-scale surveys abroad. Excessive regulation by the government or university was regarded as The most significant stressor or burnout source. The payment system is part of the Korean Relative Value Unit (RVU) system, which is based on the US system but does not properly reflect resource consumption. Low medical reimbursement in South Korea has had a negative effect on physicians, leading to low wages and job dissatisfaction. South Korean government's medical policy has led to financial losses for medical professionals, which has discouraged them f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has a Demographics of South Korea, population of 51.75 million, of which roughly half live in the Seoul Capital Area, the List of metropolitan areas by population, fourth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon, Busan, and Daegu. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its Gojoseon, first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Unified Silla, Silla and Balhae in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a means by which organizational policies are enforced, as well as a mechanism for determining policy. In many countries, the government has a kind of constitution, a statement of its governing principles and philosophy. While all types of organizations have governance, the term ''government'' is often used more specifically to refer to the approximately 200 independent national governments and subsidiary organizations. The major types of political systems in the modern era are democracies, monarchies, and authoritarian and totalitarian regimes. Historically prevalent forms of government include monarchy, aristocracy, timocracy, oligarchy, democracy, theocracy, and tyranny. These forms are not always mutually exclusive, and mixed govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Occupational Burnout
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), occupational burnout is a syndrome resulting from chronic work-related stress, with symptoms characterized by "feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion; increased mental distance from one’s job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one's job; and reduced professional efficacy". While burnout may influence health and can be a reason for people contacting health services, it is not itself classified by the WHO as a medical condition or mental disorder. WHO additionally states that "Burn-out refers specifically to phenomena in the occupational context and should not be applied to describe experiences in other areas of life." History According to Wolfgang Kaskcha, "Burnout as a phenomenon has probably existed at all times and in all cultures." He notes that the condition is described in the Book of Exodus. Gordon Parker believes the ancient European concept of acedia refers to burnout, and not depression as many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korea Medical Association
The Korea Medical Association is a trade union in South Korea. It claims to represent about two-thirds of the country's doctors. In June 2000, the Association organised an indefinite strike in protest of government health reforms. On March 10, 2014 it organised a one-day strike in opposition to the government's plans to introduce telemedicine and against medical regulations they claimed infringed upon physicians' professional autonomy. In August 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ... with its cases increasing in Korea, the Association organised a 3-day strike and its Korean Intern and Resident Association indefinite strike in protest of government' plan to increase the number of doctors over the next decade rejecting the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 are variable but often include fever, cough, headache, fatigue, breathing difficulties, Anosmia, loss of smell, and Ageusia, loss of taste. Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days incubation period, after exposure to the virus. At least a third of people who are infected Asymptomatic, do not develop noticeable symptoms. Of those who develop symptoms noticeable enough to be classified as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms (dyspnea, Hypoxia (medical), hypoxia, or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging), and 5% develop critical symptoms (respiratory failure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chung Sye-kyun
Chung Sye-kyun () is a South Korean politician who has served as Speaker of the National Assembly from 2016 to 2018 and Prime Minister of South Korea from 2020 to 2021. He was previously leader of the main opposition Democratic Party between 2008 and 2010, and twice chairman of its predecessor, the Uri Party, first on an interim basis from October 2005 to January 2006 and then fully from February 2007 until the Uri Party's dissolution in August of that year. On 9 June 2016, he was elected to a two-year term as the Speaker of the National Assembly. Upon becoming the Speaker, following the law that the Speaker cannot be a member of a party, he left the Democratic Party. His membership of the party was restored automatically when his term as Speaker expired on 29 May 2018. Early life and education Chung was born in the village of in Jinan, North Jeolla. From 1966 to 1969 he studied at in Jeonju, where he was a student reporter and served as chairman of the student council. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Health And Medical Strikes
The following is a list of health and medical strikes: 20th century * Hôpital Notre-Dame anti-Jewish strike – 1934 * Saskatchewan doctors' strike – 1962 * Belgium physicians' and dentists' strike in 1964, April 1 to April 18, 1964 * Quebec specialist doctors strike - 08/10/1970 * UK consultants' strike – January to April 1975 * UK junior doctors' strike – November 1975 * Alberta Nurses Strike – 1982 * Israel – 1983 * Australian nurses 50-day strike - 1986 * Manitoba Nurses Strike – 1991 * Sweden – Doctors strike 1994 21st century 2001 * Finland - historical five-month strike 2003 * Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike – 2003-2004 2006 * * New Zealand – 15–20 June 2006 2009 * Switzerland – Vaud and Geneva cantons – March 2009 2010 * Sudanese Doctors' Strike – March 2010 2012 * Germany – Doctors' strike March 2012 * India – nationwide strike June 2012 2013 * UK Save our A&E (Lewisham) – January 2013 * Jamaica Junior Medical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
