The 'Frontline' Experience on an Uncharted Planet
"Why are you here, doctor?" "I wonder? I don't know either," I replied, smiling awkwardly as I took a sip of the drink handed to me by a junior...
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Korea University Anam Hospital hosts ‘2026 Mongolia Patients’ Night’ in Ulaanbaatar
Korea University Anam Hospital’s International Healthcare Center hosted the "2026 Mongolia Patients’ Night" on August 13 at the Holiday Inn in...
“Good Care Alone Isn’t Enough”: Cho Hyun-jin on Haeundae Paik’s Patient Experience Breakthrough
The medical care was excellent, and the nursing was top-notch. But if an argument erupts over parking fees on the day...
Two-Hour Visit, Endless 'Do You Recognize Me?': Why Nursing Home Visits Need Purpose, Not Interrogation
"Some family members still view moving a parent into a facility as a modern-day Goryeojang [a traditional myth of...
A Medicine Not Yet Named: The ‘27th Karte’ We Will Write
Not long ago, I binge-watched a Japanese medical drama titled The 19th Karte. What is a "karte".
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[Japan—Jichi Medical University] Beyond Conventional Wisdom: How the Jichi Experiment Solved Tottori’s Rural Doctor Shortage
On a summer morning when the scorching heat reached 35°C, students in white shirts gathered in front of a small station...
“A Song Instead of Medicine”: The 'Delightful' Prescription of a World Explorer
The Bongseng Memorial Hospital Community Center in Dong-gu, Busan, was filled with an unusual sound on the 2nd.
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[UK - Oxford] Learning Medicine From a Handshake: The Foundation of a Good Doctor
“The most memorable class during medical school was the one on how to shake hands during my first year,” says Kim...
100 Free Surgeries a Year: The World-Class Hospital Giving the Gift of Sight
A 102-year-old grandmother, suffering from dementia and severe cataracts, was carried into the exam room on her son’s...
The Time I Was Treated as an Ordinary Patient
“Dear Professor Yoo Kyoung Lim.” A letter arrived at the hospital—a rarity in this digital age, especially one written...