If you graduated from an undergraduate school in the US and graduated from a 4-year medical school: Mark as M.D./D.M. Looking at the admission requirements for graduate schools in the United States, Ph.D., M.D., and J.D. etc. are regarded as the same level of degree.[95] However, the reason why MD is distinguished from PhD is that MD has a stronger character as a doctor who can practice medicine in his home country than as a doctor as a scholar. So, although all multinational doctors participating in overseas forums are called MDs, they are not all doctors like those in the US, but they are seen as doctors who can practice medicine. In fact, in the United States, MD is given only when medical students complete 4 years of undergraduate courses in 3-4 years, but universities with similar characteristics to medical schools in Korea are 5-year programs like China, England, Spain, and Australia [96] [97] and North Korea [98]. In the same country, there is a difference as much as it is given only by taking a 4-year course (however, North Korea's 4-year system is a college).
If you graduated from a 6-year medical school in Korea: M.D./D.M., but it is recognized as a bachelor's degree as a medical degree.
If you graduated from an undergraduate school in Korea and graduated from a medical school for 4 years: M.D./D.M., but it is recognized as a master's degree as a compulsory master's degree. The qualifications for applying for the same medical qualification test are given, but there are cases where one side is a medical accident and the other side is unfamiliar with whether it is a medical master's degree.
If you have a doctor's license and have earned a doctorate: M.D. Marked as Ph.D. Whether in Korea or the United States, it is recognized as a doctoral degree. M.D. in Korea. After completing the master's and doctoral course for 5 to 6 years, if you go to the United States for research, there are a lot of cases where you will be given a 5-6 year postdoc.
If you have graduated from medical school or protocol in Korea and acquired a specialist: M.D. It is expressed in the same way as Specialist in Dermatology.
If you have an MBA with a medical license: M.D. Marked as M.B.A. It is treated as a master's degree in Korea and a doctoral degree in the United States.
If you have a medical license and an MPH: M.D. Expressed in MPH. The MPH program is a master's program (Master in Public Health), and admission is possible with a bachelor's degree or higher. In some cases, it is a degree that must be included in the self-introduction regardless of whether or not a doctorate degree has been obtained.
The faculty appointment requirements are as follows.
degree
US faculty available
Korean professor available
USA M.D.
o
o
Korea M.D.
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x
M.D. Ph.D.
o
o
M.D. M.B.A.
o
x
M.D. M.P.H.
o
x
M.D. + specialist
o
o[100]
10.1.3. jurisprudence[edit]
J.D. (Juris Doctor)
It is a professional degree obtained after completing a law school course that can be entered directly upon graduation from an undergraduate degree in the United States. Doctor is sometimes included in the name, and in the United States, it is recognized as a qualification for appointment as a professor.
However, the position of J.D. in Korea is controversial, which stems from the difference between the German and American law degree systems. Before the introduction of law school, it was common in Korea and Germany to take the 'Bachelor's [101] - Master's - Doctorate' tech under the premise of an 'academic course' of research and writing a thesis. On the other hand, in the United States, law is recognized as a very practical thing, and it is regarded as training a doctor-lawyer (juris doctor) as long as you pass the bar exam after learning law for three years without research or dissertation.
Therefore, despite the introduction of American law schools in Korea, J.D. was introduced as a master's degree and is not accepted as a doctoral degree. Furthermore, not only Korean law school degrees, but also American JDs, which are accepted as doctoral degrees locally, are not well recognized as doctoral degrees in Korea.[102] Those who argue that a J.D. degree from an American law school should not be accepted as a doctoral degree in Korea say that J.D. cannot be considered equivalent to a general doctoral degree in that it does not require a dissertation. In fact, J.D. is a name introduced to equate what was called Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in the past with M.D. (medical doctorate) in the medical field.[103]
However, there is a counterargument against this that J.D. is actually the highest level course in English law, unlike academic courses in civil law, so it should be treated as a doctoral level in Korea. There are many cases. There has been a debate on this for several years in the following blog, and the answer that well organizes the arguments that JD should not be recognized as a doctor in Korea hangs at the end.
https://blog.daum.net/daesasa/573For your reference, when you graduate from a law school in Korea, you are awarded the degree of "Master of Law", which in English is J.D. is a degree Although it is a system created by Korean law schools by benchmarking the American system, it can be seen as a translation that reflects the fact that 'a place where undergraduate graduates go to become professionals'. On the other hand, in Japan, which introduced the law school system before Korea, J.D. was translated as 'Doctor of Law'. In any case, 'Doctor' is directly translated as a doctorate, and considering that it is not an academic course, 'law' is added instead of law. In Korea, J.D. acquired abroad is usually referred to as Juris Doctor. In fact, the degree is more like a practitioner like an MD, so it has more meaning than a doctoral degree as a legal professional capable of practicing law.