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Jeju National University’s School of Medicine has educated leading medical experts since it was first opened as the College of Medicine in 1998. The college was renamed to the Professional Graduate School of Medicine in 2008, and then again the current School of Medicine in 2019 to reflect the domestic and international educational environment as requested by students, faculty, and staff.

As the newest medical school approved in South Korea, the JNU School of Medicine has recently celebrated its 20th anniversary and entered a developing era. The school is located on Jeju Island, the nation’s largest island that has some of its most beautiful nature. The university’s facilities consist of the School of Medicine I and II, the first built inside the university’s campus, which has the pleasant environment, and the latter near the JNU Hospital, which is dubbed the hospital in the forest. The School of Medicine II has separate lecture rooms for each year of courses, along with the Clinical Skills Training Center, the Team-Based Learning Room, the Computer and Data Room, and the Men’s and Women’s Lounges. The university campus runs dormitory facilities for students from outside Jeju Island so they can stay focused on their schoolwork. There is also Sodeokheon near the JNU Hospital, which is a dormitory used only by the third- and fourth-year students of the School of Medicine who require clinical training. As the Korean Health Personal License Examination prioritizes performance test results, the school remodeled its Clinical Skills Training Center in 2019 to help students enhance their performance capacity and practice their skills in a facility that is similar to the national testing site. Students with financial issues are also entitled to receive various scholarships. Only 40 students a year are admitted to the course, which offers them the highest quality of education taught by passionate professors and staff members.

The School of Medicine has the vision of elevating the standards of medical education to lay the cornerstone for improving the healthcare conditions of the local community through supplying proficient healthcare professionals. Under this vision, the school has worked to educate medical experts with the greatest understanding of how to conduct research and to treat patients while fostering them to be good people, who can lead the local, national, and global healthcare industries.

The School of Medicine is evaluated by the Korean Institute of Medical Education and Evaluation. In 2015, the school won the highest rating medical education institution can receive.

To educate competent medical doctors and scientists from different backgrounds, the school offers not only regular lectures but also other forms of education, such as problem-based learning, team-based learning, case-based learning, and role play learning. Additionally, the school has strengthened its medical ethics course to help improve communication between doctors and patients. To this end, professors are also educated on the most up-to-date pedagogies. Throughout the historical changes in the school system, the faculty experienced more curricula and courses than any other medical school in the nation and have worked to enhance the school’s educational system.

By attending the School of Medicine, students can nurture their medical skills to properly treat patients, grow as individuals to provide the best care possible to their patients and family members, and become leaders who advance the local and national medical science industries.

Faculty

Jae-Wang Kim Professor

Major
Dermatopathology, Skin tumors, Connective tissue diseases, Drug hypersensitivity, Skin infection
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Career and thesis
Career and thesis
Education	M.D., Ph.D., Department of Dermatology, Hallym University, College of Medicine, Korea
Major career	Director of Dermatology, Jeju National University Hospital. Professor, Jeju National University School of Medicine. The Chairman, Department of Dermatology, Jeju National University School of Medicine.
main paper	1. Jeong WS, Kim JS, Heo ST, Kim JW, You JR. Atypical cutaneous features in a patient with adult-onset Still’s disease. Kor J Int Medicine 2020; April 3[Epub ahead of print] https://doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2019.389 2. Kim KW, Yun BM, Shin MS, Kang JK, Kim JJ, Kim YS. Effectiveness of radiotherapy for head and neck skin cancers: a single-institution study. Radiat Oncol J 2019;37(4):293-301 3.Kim HS, Kim YS, Lee C, Shin MS, Kim JW, Jang BG. Expression profile of sonic hedgehog signaling-related molecules in basal cell carcinoma. PLoS ONE 2019;14(11): e0225511 4. Lee JC, Kim JW. Experience of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis in a Regional Hospital: 70 Cases in 7 Years. Korean J Med 2017;92:171-176 5. Cheon MS, Kim JW. Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis confirmed by culture. Korean J Dermatol 2017;55:60-64 6. Kim HS, Shin MS, Cheon MS, Kim JW, Lee C, Kim WH, et al. GREM1 is expressed in the cancer-associated myofibroblasts of basal cell carcinomas. PLoS ONE 2017;12(3): e0174565 7. Jang BG, Lee C, Kim HS, Shin MS, Cheon MS, Kim JW, Kim WH. Distinct expression profile of stem cell markers, LGR5 and LGR6, in basaloid skin tumors. Virchows Arch 2017;470:1-10 8. Song SW, Yoo SJ, Yoo JR, Lee KH, Kim JW, Heo ST. Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Mimicking Scrub Typhus: Three Case Reports. J Korean Soc Emerg Med 2015;26:326-330 9. Lee HS, Hong SC, Kim JH, Kim JW, Lee KH, Lee JC. A Cross-sectional Epidemiological Study on Trends in the Prevalence of Allergic Diseases among Children and Adolescents in the Jeju Area in 2008 and 2013. J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs 2015;26:160-168 10. Lee HS, Hong SC, Kim JH, Kim JW, Lee KH, Lee JC. Variation in Aeroallergen Sensitization Rate of the Children in Jeju Province in 1998, 2008 and 2013. Korean Public Health Research 2014;40:63~74 11. Lee HS, Hong SC, Kim JH, Kim JW, Lee KH, Lee JC. Prevalence of Food Allergy and the Sensitization Rates of Food Allergens in School-Aged Children in Jeju. Korean Public Health Research 2014;40:49~58 12. Heo ST, Cheon MS, Kim JW. Four cases of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome occurring in Jeju. Korean J Dermatol 2014;52:173-177 13. Jo J, Heo ST, Kim JW, Kim J, Yu JR. Secondary Syphilis with Nodular Vasculitis Mimicking Behcet’s Disease. Infect Chemother 2013;45:451-454 14. Lee HS, Hong SC, Kim JH, Kim JW, Lee KH, Lee JC, Jeong JH. Isle inhabitants' aeroallergens sensitization rates and their connection on allergic Diseases. Korean Public Health Research 2013;39:9-20 15. Kim JW. Dengue hemorrhagic fever developed after traveling Vietnam. Korean J Dermatol 2013;51:721-724 16. Noh JW, Kim J, Kim JW. Localized scleroderma: a clinical study at a single center in Korea. Int J Rheum Dis 2013;16:437-441 17. Lee HS, Hong SC, Kim JH, Kim JW, Lee KH, Lee J, Jeong JH. Complete enumeration for the prevalence of allergic disease in Udo Isle's inhabitants. Allergy Asthma Respir Dis 2013;1:116-122 18. Yu JR, Heo ST, Lee KH, Kim J, Sung JK, Kim YR, Kim JW. Skin and Soft Tissue Infection due to Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria: Case Series and Literature Review. Infect Chemother 2013;45:85-93 19. Lee HS, Lee JC, Kim JW, Hong SC, KIm SY, Lee KH. The prevalence of allergic diseases in children living in Jeju. Pediatr Allergy Respir Dis 2012;22:248-255 20. Lee HS, Lee HC, Hong SC, Kim JW, Kim SY, Lee KH. Prevalence and risk factors for allergic diseases of preschool children living in Seogwipo, Jeju, Korea. Korean J Asthma Allergy Clin Immunol 2012;32:107-114 21. Lee HS, Hong SC, Kim SY, Kim JW, Lee KH. Prevalence of allergic diseases and risk factors: a cross-sectional study of 4,098 high school students at Seogwipo, Jeju province. Korean Public Health Research 2012;38:45-55 22. Lee HS, Hong SC, Kim SY, Lee KH, Kim JW, Kim JH, Cjoi SH. The influence of the residental environment on the sensitization rates to aeroallergens and the prevalence of allergic disorders in the school children in Jeju. Pediatr Allergy Respir Dis 2011;21:176-185 23. Kim TY, Kim JW, Kim HU, Kim JS. A case of scleroderma mimicking systemic sclerosis with hypoalbuminemia induced by malabsorption in alcoholic chronic pancreatitis. J Rheumatol Dis 2011;18:197-202 24. Kim JW. Stevens-Johnson syndrome caused by Dapsone. Korean J Dermatol 2011;49:255-259 25. Kim JW. Acquired secondary syphilis in early childhood. Korean J Dermatol 2011;49:159-163 26. Kim JW. Munchausen's syndrome presenting as dermatitis artefacta. Korean J Dermatol 2011;49:179-183