Chonnam National University

Calls Mount for Reform of South Korean Dental Schools' Clinical Training Patient Recruitment System

- A Gwangju-Jeonnam civic education group has publicly criticized the practice of dental students having to personally recruit patients for clinical training to meet graduation requirements. - Students at Chonnam National University and Chosun University dental schools have been found soliciting patients through online communities, sometimes offering free treatment and transportation. - The civic group warns that students from other regions or without personal connections face systemic disadvantages in completing their clinical education. - The group has urged the Ministry of Education to establish a patient-securing system and called on universities to strengthen medical ethics education regarding patient inducement.