Pukyong National University

PKNU medical college decided to change direction to a graduate school of medical radiology

- as for the presidential regional pledge, the establishment plan for the ‘specialized radiology medical college’ confirmed

- MOU signed with Gijang-gun on the 28th, and joint proposals made to the government

△ President Jang Young-Soo (right) and county governor Jeong Jong-Bok signed an agreement and posing for a commemorative photo. ⓒPhoto Lee Sung-Jae (PR team)

Pukyong National University (President Jang Young-Soo) and Gijang-gun (country governor Jeong Jong-Bok), Busan city signed a joint agreement on March 28, the main content of which is to promote the 20th presidential regional pledge, ‘radiology specialized medical college’ as a ‘radiology & medical specialized graduate school’ system.

President Jang Young-Soo of Pukyong National University and country governor Jeong Jong-Bok from Gijang-gun held an agreement ceremony in the president’s office on the 3rd floor of Pukyong National University’s administration building on the afternoon of the same day to promote the establishment of a graduate school specializing in radiology and medical. The ceremony was also attended by members of the country council, including chairman Park Woo-Sik from the general council.

According to the opinion that the 7-year medical scientist (MD-PhD) system specialized in radiology and precision medicine is appropriate, as a result of the research service of an external professional institution on the establishment and operation plan of the college of radiology and medical, which Pukyong National University has been promoting so far, the university decided to follow the opinion. Therefore, Pukyong National University announced that it will promote as a graduate school of radiology and medical with a capacity of 30 students, combining a 4-year medical graduate school (medical doctor course) targeting undergraduate graduates and a 3-year doctoral course (PhD course).

Gijang-gun signed an agreement with Pukyong National University on the day, decided to provide the site for educational facilities in the southeast radiation medicine and science complex being built in Jangan-eup as a site for graduate school establishment, and formed a consultative body with Pukyong National University to establish a graduate school of radiology and medical as a joint project.

Prior to this, Pukyong National University, together with the Gijang-gun council, jointly proposed the establishment of a global cancer treatment hub in the Gijang as a pledge project for the 20th presidential election, and the presidential transition team adopted five projects and made them official including ‘establishment of a radiology specialized medical college’ and ‘establishment of a radiology convergence medical device center’ as policy tasks for the Busan region, and designated them as the ‘establishment of a radiology cancer treatment hub in the Southeast region’.

In accordance with the policy of the presidential transition team, Busan city also prepared detailed action plans and response strategies to implement the pledge. In addition, the Busan research institute identified the establishment of a radiology medical college to nurture doctors and scientists as a top priority task in the 2022 ‘research on current issues to foster the convergence radiology industry in Busan’ right before the presidential election and set it as the number one policy proposal.

Pukyong National University considers that if Dongnam institute of radiological & medical sciences (DIRAMS) (hereinafter referred to as Dongnam medical center) is used as an affiliated hospital when establishing the medical college, synergy effects will be great. Therefore, starting with the signing of the ‘radiology and medical manpower training agreement’ with the Dongnam medical center in 2021, since last year, Pukyong National University operates ‘radiographic image and treatment equipment’ as a major course for master's and doctoral students, and ‘Radiation convergence medical science' and ‘radiology convergence medical science’, in which medical staff and researchers from the Dongnam medical center participate as lecturers in the department of biomedical engineering at the graduate school since last year.

In addition, related laws such as the ‘Partial revision of the act on promotion of use of radiation and radioactive isotopes’ and the ‘legislation on the establishment and operation of radiation medicine colleges in Korea’ have been proposed by country governors, Jeong Dong-Mahn (Gijang, Busan) and Jeon Bong-Min (Suyeong, Busan) to promote the establishment of a medical college in the southeastern radiology medical science complex.

President Jang Young-Soo said, “With today's agreement ceremony as an opportunity, we will make efforts to confirm the radiation specialized medical college, which was also adopted as a presidential pledge project for the Busan region, as a graduate school system for radiology and medical, and to establish it together with the Gijang-gun during the term of the current government. <Pukyong Today>

△ The aerial view of Pukyong National University radiology & medical graduate school and Gijang campus to be established in Jangan-eup, Gijang-gun, Busan

△ The participants of the signing ceremony are posing for a group photo.