Colleges & Departments

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

Mihee Kong Professor

Major
Family medicine(health promotion & case, obesity, chronic fatigue, functional medicine)
office B215 Jeju National University School of Medicine
Contact064-754-8138/+82-64-754-8138
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Career and thesis
Career and thesis
Education	Bachelor of Medicine, Yonsei University Master of Medicine, Ajou University, Doctor of Medicine, Ajou University
Major career	Resident & Fellow, Family medicine, Ajou university Hospital Former Chief of Health promotion center,Jeju National University Hospital Former Chief of Clinical simulation center, School of Medicine, Jeju National University Former Chief, Department of Education & Research, Jeju National University Hospital Professor, School/College of Medicine, Jeju National University Head of Family Medicine, Jeju National University Hospital Head Professor, Family Medicine Class, School/College of Medicine, Jeju National University Chair Professor of Department of Medical Education, School/College of Medicine, Jeju National University
main paper	1. A New Predictive Index for Osteoporosis in Men under 70 Years of Age: An Index to Identify Male Candidates for Osteoporosis Screening by Bone Mineral Density. J Osteoporos. 2014; 2. Effect of human placental extract on health status in elderly koreans.Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012 3. Effect of human placental extract on menopausal symptoms, fatigue, and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in middle-aged Korean women. Menopause. 2008

Kim, Hyeon Ju Professor

Major
Family medicine
office B315 Jeju National University School of Medicine
Contact064-754-8153/+82-64-754-8153
E-mail hjukim@jejunu.ac.kr
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Career and thesis
Career and thesis
Education
Major career	Resident, Family Medicine, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital Fellow, Family Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital Chief, Family Medicine, Jeju Medical Center Director, Family Medicine, Joongang Hospital Chief, Medical Screening Center Chief, Family Medicine, Jeju National University Hospital Current Director, Health Promotion Center Assistant Professor, School of Medicine/College of Medicine, Jeju National University Current Head Professor, Family Medicine Class, School of Medicine/College of Medicine, Jeju National University
main paper	1. Relationship between visual acuity and muscle mass in the Korean older population. BMJ OPEN 2019. 2. IS POLYPHARMACY ASSOCIATED WITH COGNITIVE FRAILTY IN THE ELDERLY? JOURNAL OF NUTRITION HEALTH & AGING 2019. 3. Association between colorectal adenoma and hand grip strength in the elderly. JOURNAL OF BONE METABOLISM 2019. 4. Moderate hearing loss is related with social frailty in a community-dwelling older adults. ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS 2019 5. Association between urinary incontinence and bone health in Korean elderly women based on data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF GENERAL MEDICINE 2019. 6. Association between weekend catch-up sleep and health-related quality of life of Korean adults. MEDICINE 2019. 7. Change in the Prevalences and Risk Factors of Atrophic Gastritis and Intestinal Metaplasia in Korea. The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research 2018. 8. EUROQOL VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE (EQ-VAS) AS A PREDICTING TOOL FOR FRAILTY IN OLDER KOREAN ADULTS JOURNAL OF NUTRITION HEALTH & AGING 2018. 9. Prevalence and Risk Factors of Functional Dyspepsia in Health Check-up Population. JOURNAL OF NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY 2018. 10. Low Muscle Mass and Depressed Mood in Korean Adolescents. JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE 2018. 11. Effect of sleep duration on muscle mass in Korean non-elderly adults. European Journal of General Medicine 2018. 12. Prevalence and risk factors for upper gastrointestinal diseases in health check-up subjects: a nationwide multicenter study in Korea. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology 2018. 13. Relationship between Secondhand Smoking Exposure, Determined by Urinary Cotinine Level, and Bone Health. International Journal of Preventive Medicine 2018.

Jihyun Moon Endowment Professor

Major
Geriatrics, Non-communicable diseases management, Health promotion
office B420 Jeju National University School of Medicine
Contact064-754-8179/+82-64-754-8179
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Career and thesis
Career and thesis
Education	Jeju National University Department of Medicine / M.D. Jeju National University College of Medicine/ M.S.c.
Major career	Seoul National University Hospital / Internship Department of Family Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital / Residency Department of Family Medicine, Jeju National University Hospital / Fellowship Department of Family Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine / Jeju National University College of Medicine / Assistant Professor
main paper	1. Moon, Ji Hyun, and Jong Seung Kim. "The cutoff value in body fat percentage for increased risk of metabolic syndrome in elderly people with normal body weight." Journal of the Korean Geriatrics Society 19.1 (2015): 16-24. 2. Moon, Ji Hyun, et al. "Implication of sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity on lung function in healthy elderly: using Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey." Journal of Korean Medical Science 30.11 (2015): 1682-1688. 3. Moon, Ji Hyun, et al. "Evaluation of the predictive index for osteoporosis as a clinical tool to identify the risk of osteoporosis in Korean men by using the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data." Korean journal of family medicine 37.6 (2016): 346. 4. Moon, Ji Hyun, et al. "Low muscle mass and depressed mood in Korean adolescents: a cross-sectional analysis of the fourth and fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys." Journal of Korean medical science 33.50 (2018). 5. Moon, J. H., et al. "Is Polypharmacy Associated with Cognitive Frailty in the Elderly? Results from the Korean Frailty and Aging Cohort Study." The journal of nutrition, health & aging 23.10 (2019): 958-965. 6. Moon, Ji Hyun, et al. "Relationship between visual acuity and muscle mass in the Korean older population: a cross-sectional study using Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey." BMJ open 9.12 (2019).