As the recruitment rate for residents in the second half of the year remained low, the government will resume resident recruitment starting from the 9th of this month. The number of residents returning after resignation has more than doubled in the past week.
On the 7th, Jeong Yoon-soon, the 1st Controller of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (Director of Health and Medical Policy at the Ministry of Health and Welfare), held a briefing at the Government Seoul Office during the doctors' collective action and announced the extension of the recruitment schedule for residents in the second half of the year.
In the recruitment conducted last month for the second half of the year, only 104 out of 7,645 eligible candidates applied, recording a low application rate of 1.3%. Accordingly, the Ministry of Health and Welfare decided to conduct additional recruitment for residents in the second half starting from the 9th. First-year residents will be recruited until the 14th, and second- to fourth-year residents and interns until the 16th. Following this, starting with the written exam for first-year residents on the 17th, each hospital will proceed with the selection process until the end of August, aiming for training to begin in September.
As of the 5th, 1,091 residents have returned to training sites. Among the 5,701 residents who resigned, about 11%, or 625, have been employed at general hospitals and other institutions, which is more than double the 258 recorded a week earlier. Among the resigned residents, 91 applied for the second half resident recruitment.
Jeong, the 1st Controller, stated, "We have decided to extend the recruitment period to provide as many opportunities as possible for residents to return," and urged, "If there are residents who intended to return but could not apply due to the short application period and social pressure, please actively apply in this additional recruitment."
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