Korean Journal of Medical Education

REVIEW ARTICLE 2020 September 1 Teaching online: foundational concepts of online learning and practical guidelines
Medical schools have been slowly adopting online learning into pedagogical methods for more than a decade. While some medical educators are reluctant to accept these changes, the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses a threat to the delivery of traditional m...

ORIGINAL RESEARCH 2020 July 21 Quality assurance in education: perception of undergraduate health professions students in a Malaysian university
Purpose: Direct student involvement in quality processes in education has been suggested to encourage shared responsibilities among faculty and students. The objectives of this study were to explore undergraduate health professions students’ understanding of quality assurance (...

ORIGINAL RESEARCH 2020 September 1 Evaluation of usefulness of smart device-based testing: a survey study of Korean medical students
Purpose: This study aims to understand the characteristics of smart device-based testing (SBT) by comparing the typical characteristics of students’ satisfaction with SBT, its usefulness, advantages, and disadvantages when compared with existing testing methods. Methods: A tot...

MEDICAL EDUCATION IN AN ASIAN CONTEXT 2020 July 21 Admission policies and methods at crossroads: a review of medical school admission policies and methods in seven Asian countries
Selecting the right applicants is an important part of medical student admission. While one universally accepted selection criterion is academic capacity, there are other criteria such as communication skills and local criteria (e.g., socio-cultural values) that are no less impo...