Table 1 Descriptive statistics for 40 medical schools in South Korea
Categories | Total medical schools (100%, N = 40)a | ||
|---|---|---|---|
FDP participants | Number of cumulative participants from 2007 to 2015 | 42.1 ± 27.7 (range: 8–104) | |
Basic Characteristics | Ownership | National/Public | 22.5% (9) |
Private | 77.5% (31) | ||
Geographical position | Capital area | 35.0% (14) | |
Non-capital area | 65.0% (26) | ||
Graduate-entry program | Adopted (partly or fully) | 65.0% (26) | |
Not adopted | 35.0% (14) | ||
Founding year of medical school | 1975.8 ± 22.6 (range: 1885–1998) | ||
Educational goals and objectives | Number of themes included (Maximum: 13) | 8.3 ± 2.07 (range: 4–13) | |
Educational states | Size of a class (n) | 73.1 ± 29.8 (range: 40–125) | |
Established year of DMEb | Not established | n.a | |
yet Established | 2004 ± 4.53 (range: 1995–2012) | ||
Length of formal curriculum (weeks) | 152.1 ± 12.1 (range: 120–183.6) | ||
Number of full-time faculty (n) | 260.0 ± 175.0 (range: 89–863) | ||
Percentage of full-time faculty who graduated from their current affiliated medical school (i.e., alumni faculty) | 41.4 ± 32.2 (range: 0.18–95.0) |