Inje University College of Medicine stems from the incorporated foundation PAIK Hospital, Korea’s first private public interest corporation, established in 1946 by Dr. PAIK Inje, the greatest surgeon of his day, to realize a founding spirit, “仁術濟世”(saving the world through humanitarian medical practices). It opened in 1979 and developed into Inje University in 1989. Since its establishment, the college has continuously improved educational environment and reformed curriculum to achieve the educational goal of “nurturing good doctors”. As a result of these efforts, the college has been acquiring in succession with excellent grades the “Accreditation in Medical Education” given by the “Korean Institute of Medical Education and Evaluation”. In order to be reborn as a leading leader in Korean medical education, the college set up “Inje Medical College’s Development Plan for Training 21st Century Doctors” in 2001, and bears abundant fruit in seeking to be recognized as the best college for medical education and a prestigious one for medical research. Celebrating the 30th anniversary in 2009, the college also have formulated the “2020 Vision and Strategy for the Good Doctor Training Needed by Our Society and the International Society” as a new development plan for the future. In the meantime, with the cooperation of all faculties and students, university headquarters, school corporation, alumni association, medical college alumni association, parents’ association, and community, we have achieved many results. In particular, in 2012, it was awarded as the only medical college that completely meets excellent standards of the educational goals and the educational course in the “Accreditation in Medical Education of Medical Colleges and Graduate Schools of Medicine”, and became a leading medical education college in Korea. In 2019, which marks the 40th anniversary of the opening of the school, we listened to the opinions of college members about their vision for the future, investigated the demands of local community members, and reaffirmed our mission and vision. As a result, we have reestablished our mission of “training good doctors in the future” that are responsible for the health of our society and international communities, based on the educational objectives of “moral human beings, collaborative human beings, and practical human beings”, which are grounded on the founding spirit of the university, “仁術濟世”(saving the world through humanitarian medical practices) and “仁德濟世”(saving the world with benevolence and virtue).

Department of Premedical Course

Overview

The two-year premedical course allows students to have the ability to study the next four-year medical course. Students will learn the concepts and principles necessary to scientifically understand life phenomena and enhance the capability to utilize them. It also provides a variety of humanities and social science courses to develop the intangible powers which good doctors should be armed with, in addition to medical knowledge.

Department of Medicine

Overview

We aim at training students to become 'warm-hearted practitioners,' 'excellent physicians able to carry out basic, primary health care tasks,' 'doctors who can serve the international society.' Medical education is evaluated on the basis of student capacity at the time of graduation. Our students acquire medical knowledge, skills, and attitudes centering around a doctor's tasks according to clinical presentation.
The Department of Medicine is famous for its medical education, and our curriculum was ranked the best in the 2009 Evaluation of Medical Education Accreditation. We use problem-based learning and standardized patients for learning strategies, which are well-known as excellent tools for effective learning. We run a clinical competency development center for training clinical skills. Throughout the curriculum, we offer various medical humanities courses to promote medical professionalism and patient safety.

The aim of education

With the founding idealogy of 'Saving the world with the healing art', we train our students to possess all the skills necessary to work in the field of health administration. After graduation, our students will go forth to serve and contribute to society by becoming clinical medicine educators, medical researchers, and healthcare administrators. To accomplish these goals, we have established the following as purposes of education:
1. To acquire the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary for determining various medical problems and solving them
2. To cultivate a sense of duty and responsibility as doctors for patients
3. To cultivate an ability to constantly evaluate and improve oneself in order study and research one's entire life
4. To raise up an attitude and habit of cooperation and understanding in modern society.

Career and Job Opportunity

- General : university hospitals, hospital groups, private hospitals, military hospitals, clinical care centers
- Education and Research : medical school professor, researching the human genome and helping to cure diseases, such as cancer, AIDS, and others
- Health/Medicine Administration : national health research administrator, health policy maker