Global reach of Korean women doctors

Hyun-Young Shin; Young-Mee Jee; Kyung Ah Park; Bong-Ok Kim

doi:10.5124/jkma.2018.61.2.96

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Shin, Jee, Park, and Kim: Global reach of Korean women doctors

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Journal of the Korean Medical Association 2018; 61(2): 96-100.

Published online: February 14, 2018

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2018.61.2.96

Global reach of Korean women doctors

Hyun-Young Shin, MD^1,²

, Young-Mee Jee, MD³

, Kyung Ah Park, MD^1,⁴

, Bong-Ok Kim, MD^1,⁵

¹Korean Medical Women's Association, Seoul, Korea.

²Department of Family Medicine, Myongji Hospital, Goyang, Korea.

³Center for Infectious Disease Research, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Osong, Korea.

⁴Department of Anatomy, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

⁵Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.

Corresponding author: Bong-Ok Kim. bokim@cnu.ac.kr

Received January 02, 2018 Accepted January 17, 2018

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Abstract

Korean women doctors have expanded their activities globally in various fields within the international community. This study conducted face-to-face interviews or e-mail surveys of representatives among internationally active women doctors with experience in working with the Medical Women's International Association and the World Health Organization. Conveying the activities of these senior women doctors will be valuable to the younger generation of doctors who are interested in international health and who aspire to become potential leaders in the international health care scene in the future.

Physicians; Korea; Women; World Health Organization

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Appendices

Table 1

Summaries of interviewees about global activity in WHO or KOICA

WHO, World Health Organization; KOICA, Korea International Cooperation Agency; WPRO, Western Pacific Region; KCDC, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; IARC, International Agency for Research on Cancer; MSF, Médecins Sans Frontières.