History of the medical licensing examination (uieop) in Korea's Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392).

ABSTRACT: This article aims to describe the training and medical licensing system (uieop) for becoming a physician officer (uigwan) during Korea's Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392). In the Goryeo Dynasty, although no license was necessary to provide medical services to the common people, there was a licensing examination to become a physician officer. No other national licensing system for healthcare professionals existed in Korea at that time. The medical licensing examination was administered beginning in 958. Physician officers who passed the medical licensing examination worked in two main healthcare institutions: the Government Hospital (Taeuigam) and Pharmacy for the King (Sangyakguk). The promotion and expansion of medical education differed depending on the historical period. Until the reign of King

SUBMITTER: Lee KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4536363 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature