BACKGROUND: The rapid development of information and communication technology has replaced traditional books by electronic versions. Most print dermatology journals have been replaced with electronic journals (e-journals), which are readily used by clinicians and medical students. OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this study were to determine whether e-readers are appropriate for reading dermatology journals, to conduct an attitude study of both medical personnel and students, and to find a way of improving e-book use in the field of dermatology. METHODS: All articles in the Korean Journal of Dermatology published from January 2010 to December 2010 were utilized in this study. Dermatology house officers, student trainees in their fourth year of medical school, and interns at Korea University Medical Center participated in the study. After reading the articles with Kindle 2, their impressions and evaluations were recorded using a questionnaire with a 5-point Likert scale. RESULTS: The results demonstrated that gray-scale e-readers might not be suitable for reading dermatology journals, especially for case reports compared to the original articles. Only three of the thirty-one respondents preferred e-readers to printed papers. The most common suggestions from respondents to encourage usage of e-books in the field of dermatology were the introduction of a color display, followed by the use of a touch screen system, a cheaper price, and ready-to-print capabilities. CONCLUSION: In conclusion, our study demonstrated that current e-readers might not be suitable for reading dermatology journals. However, they may be utilized in selected situations according to the type and topic of the papers.
Academic Medical Centers ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Dermatology* ; Humans ; Korea ; Schools, Medical ; Students, Medical ; Surveys and Questionnaires

Longjing Medial College(龍井醫科大學), established in Longjing, Yanbian, China on September 12, 1945, existed for about 1 year and 6 months until it was renamed as the Medical Department of Dongbei Junzheng Daxue Jilin Fenxiao(東北軍政大學吉林分校) in April 1947. However, there are only few records and studies on Longjing Medical College in Yanbian as well as in Korea. In order to fill the gap, this study attempted to restore the history of Longjing Medical College built in Yanbian, China immediately after the liberation. In particular, it analyzed how and why the Longjing Medical College was founded and operated, and which relations the college had with the post-war medical educational institutions, focusing on the ‘disconnection’ and ‘continuity’ in the historical sense. Since the establishment of Manchukuo(滿洲國), the Japanese colonial government had made it a major “frontier” and actively promoted the mass migration of Japanese and Koreans. For them, the government also set up three Exploitation Medical Schools in 1940. As a part of these three institutions, Longjing Exploitation Medical School(龍井開拓醫學院) educated more than 150 students by 1945, of which about one third was Korean. After the liberation, the Longjing Educational Alliance(龍井敎育同盟) decided to pursue the return-movement of the Longjing Exploitation Medical School and took over the institution. On September 12, 1945, Longjing Medical College opened at the school site of Longjing Exploitation Medical School. Longjing Medical College was founded by people who had ‘the perspective of Korean nationality’ in an atmosphere where the ‘ethnicity’ of the Koreans exercised considerable power. Nevertheless, in 1946, when the Chinese Civil War began and the Yanbian region became an important base of the Chinese Communist Party, the Party began to expand and strengthen their influences in the region. Accordingly, the operation rights of Longjing Medical College were transferred to the Yanbian Administrative offices of Supervision(延邊行政督察專員公署) and Government of Jirinsheng(吉林省政府) which were the administrative institution by the Chinese Communist Party in turns. In the end, Longjing Medical College was reorganized into the Medical Department of Dongbei Junzheng Daxue Jilin Fenxiao (1947. 3) and the first branch of the Chinese Medical College (1948. 1), a medical education institution focused on nurturing the medical personnel required for the Chinese Civil War. In January 1949, the first branch moved to Harbin, merged with the second branch there, and was transformed into Harbin Medical College. Afterwards, the Yanbian Koreans played a major role to establish Yanbian Medical College(延邊醫科專門學校) in a basis of the teachers and buildings left by the moving-out of the first branch(1948. 10. 1). Now, Yanbian Medical College is the official body of Yanbian University Medical Center. Longjing Medical College, which has such a complicated history, is partially ‘disconnected’ from the Yanbian medical educational institutions in the post-war era in terms of its possession, operation objective, and academic system. However, many of the early members of the Longjing Medical College were not only teachers and students of the Longjing Exploitation Medical School, but also a few of them continued to teach at the Medical Department of Dongbei Junzheng Daxue Jilin Fenxiao, the first branch of the Chinese Medical College, and Yanbian Medical College. Particularly, several members actively participated in the establishment of each school or in the position of the top leader of the school. Also, all the medical education institutions referred to above used the building and facilities of Longjing Exploitation Medical School until the period of Yanbian Medical College. As such, the history of Longjing Medical College as frontier history, gives us a difficult, but significant question on the meanings of ‘disconnection’ and ‘continuity’ in history and their implications.
Academic Medical Centers ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Atmosphere ; China ; Education, Medical ; Humans ; Korea ; Schools, Medical

Historically, Ewha University Medical Center roots from Boguyeogwan, which was founded by missionaries in 1887 as the first women's hospital. Inheriting the spirit of missions, Ewha Medical Care (EMC) is an official missionary activity of Ewha Womans University that provide regular mission trips to offer medical services in underdeveloped countries. The first EMC trip was to Nepal in 1989 at the request of Nepalese Sakura Rajbhandary, a graduate of Ewha Womans University Medical School. Mission trips continued to Nepal from 1989 to 2001, and since 2003 mission fields were changed to Cambodia, Vietnam, and Uzbekistan. Since 2014, EMC has sent 3 mission teams to each countries, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Uzbekistan, every year. The final mission of EMC in the future is to establish a missionary hospital in the third world where medical service is in need as Boguyeogwan was established by missionaries to protect and save poor Korean women in the past.
Academic Medical Centers ; Cambodia ; Female ; Humans ; Missionaries ; Nepal ; Religious Missions ; Schools, Medical ; Uzbekistan ; Vietnam

BACKGROUND: Medical doctors who perform C-arm fluoroscopy-guided procedures are exposed to X-ray radiation. Therefore, radiation-protective shields are recommended to protect these doctors from radiation. For the past several years, these protective shields have sometimes been used without regular inspection. The aim of this study was to investigate the degree of damage to radiation-protective shields in the operating room. METHODS: This study investigated 98 radiation-protective shields in the operation rooms of Konkuk University Medical Center and Jeju National University Hospital. We examined whether these shields were damaged or not with the unaided eye and by fluoroscopy. RESULTS: There were seventy-one aprons and twenty-seven thyroid protectors in the two university hospitals. Fourteen aprons (19.7%) were damaged, whereas no thyroid protectors (0%) were. Of the twenty-six aprons, which have been used since 2005, eleven (42.3%) were damaged. Of the ten aprons, which have been used since 2008, none (0%) was damaged. Of the twenty-three aprons that have been used since 2009, two (8.7%) of them were damaged. Of the eight aprons used since 2010, one (12.3%) was damaged. Of the four aprons used since 2011, none (0%) of them were damaged. The most common site of damage to the radiation-protective shields was at the waist of the aprons (51%). CONCLUSIONS: As a result, aprons that have been used for a long period of time can have a higher risk of damage. Radiation-protective shields should be inspected regularly and exchanged for new products for the safety of medical workers.
Academic Medical Centers ; Eye ; Fluoroscopy ; Hospitals, University ; Thyroid Gland

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the migration of medical image data stored thorough mini-PACS to full-PACS at Yonsei University Medical Center (YUMC). The image data to be migrated were 2.7 TB stored through approximately 4,500 CD archives at Yongdong Severance hospital and 4.7 TB (2:1 compression) stored through 196 digital linear tape (DLT) archives at Severance hospital. Prior to carrying out the migration, principles, methods and expected practical affairs for the migration were discussed and planned to optimize the migration work by considering the cost and the effectiveness of migration work. Migration gateway workstations were set up and a migration software tool was developed. Real migration works were performed based on the results of several migration simulations. Severance hospital decided to migrate all stored image data. The CD image data of 2.7 TB were estimated total 2,250 hr (about 94 days) migration time, but the practical migration work was completed within 3 months by using maximum 5 workstations. The DLT data of 4.7 TB were estimated total 100 days migration time by applying 16 hr working time per day with single workstation, however, the practical migration work was taken 5 months. Meanwhile, 20% of the DLT image data were not able to migrate because the DLT were partially damaged due to frequent access. In conclusion, a migration plan should be carefully prepared by considering the individual hospital environments because the server system, archival media, the network, and the policy of data management may be unique.
Academic Medical Centers

No abstract available.
Academic Medical Centers* ; Female ; Humans

No Abstract available.
Academic Medical Centers* ; Infection Control*

No abstract available.
Academic Medical Centers* ; Infection Control*

No abstract available.
Academic Medical Centers* ; Infection Control*

The Cancer Institute of Korea University Medical Center has developed Web version of cancer register program which is add on and revised information registry to the already existing government supported program. The previously registered government supported program gives too little information to use as either follow-up or therapeutic purpose, which leads to the necessity of newly developed program. This program consists chiefly of two parts of information to input. The first part consists again of two subparts; one part contains the same information that the already existed government supported program, and the other the necessary information of groups of hospitals and/or organizations. The second part consists of patient's additional or follow-up information that is necessary for studying or managing by clinician. The second part which is soly for clinician, who is taking care of cancer patient, can be organized by his own way for himself using varieties of combinations of group codes. All the data input and output for analysis can be done in Web basis.
Academic Medical Centers* ; Humans ; Korea*