Another result of the new vision of YU, 'Glocal Initiative'
For two and a half hours from 16:30 to 19:00 on March 26, 2012 at the College of Medicine of Yeungnam university, 13 medical student(7 of YU, 6 of Kyushu University) has held a heated teleconference meeting.
The teleconference meeting is a student-oriented one to follow up on the overseas field-training for clinical studies at the College of Medicine of Kyshu University and Hara-Doi Hospital in Japan which was sponsored by the educational capacity strengthening project of YU in 2011. Though the budget for the College of Medicine alloted from the total budget of the project was 10 million won, additional field trips were made to the Kyushu region, which was relatively cheaper, after having sent students to the US and Australia, in order to develop new regions for overseas clinical training and to increase the number of students for such field trips. Finally, this choice proved to be very effective.
At this teleconference, Jung Heo(student representative, senior) and Hyeon-jeong Jung (senior) of the YU College of Medicine made a case presentation and review presentation on “Petechiae on both forearms & lower legs“, while Ji-yeon Koo, Chang-hwi Park(seniors), and Jae-won Kim, Jong-myeong Yoon, and Joon-hyeok Lee (juniors) held discussions. Students from the Kyushu University presented cases on 'multiple injuries'. The two and a half hour meeting was conducted in English generally, but Ji-yeon Koo, proficient in Japanese as well, footnoted some parts in Japanese which were difficult to communicate only in English. The meeting has been carried out with hot passion, yet a friendly atmosphere.
Though other colleges of medicine in the region have sent students for overseas training in advance of YU, there has never been such a case that showed so visible and practical results in such a short period of time.
Such achievements owe to not only the strong will of Dean Su-jeong Lee for clinical training in Japan, but also that of Vice-Dean Young-hwan Lee, who led the case studies for the conference, and that of Vice-Dean for student affairs Gyeong-soo Lee, who led the training in Japan and coordinated student exchange program.
Henceforth, we will hold the international teleconference regularly and actively solve such issues as lack of budget, aging of equipment, etc. in order to realize YU's vision 'Glocal University', and to train 'a respected global doctor', which is the educational goal of the YU College of Medicine.
