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Korean Journal of Medical Education 2009;21(3): 299-305. doi: https://doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2009.21.3.299
의과대학 학생 1인당 적정 교육비 추계
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1연세대학교 의과대학 의학교육학과
2BK 21 의과학사업단
Estimation of Optimal Educational Cost per Medical Student
Eunbae B Yang, Seunghee Lee
1Department of Medical Education, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
2Brain Korea 21 Project, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Received: March 16, 2009;  Accepted: July 16, 2009.
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: This study aims to estimate the optimal educational cost per medical student. METHODS: A private medical college in Seoul was targeted by the study, and its 2006 learning environment and data from the 2003~2006 budget and settlement were carefully analyzed. Through interviews with 3 medical professors and 2 experts in the economics of education, the study attempted to establish the educational cost estimation model, which yields an empirically computed estimate of the optimal cost per student in medical college. RESULTS: The estimation model was based primarily upon the educational cost which consisted of direct educational costs (47.25%), support costs (36.44%), fixed asset purchases (11.18%) and costs for student affairs (5.14%). These results indicate that the optimal cost per student is approximately 20,367,000 won each semester; thus, training a doctor costs 162,936,000 won over 4 years. Consequently, we inferred that the tuition levels of a local medical college or professional medical graduate school cover one quarter or one-half of the per- student cost. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study do not necessarily imply an increase in medical college tuition; the estimation of the per-student cost for training to be a doctor is one matter, and the issue of who should bear this burden is another. For further study, we should consider the college type and its location for general application of the estimation method, in addition to living expenses and opportunity costs.
Keywords: Educational cost;Cost estimation;Medical student
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