摘要：Korea University College of Medicine provides final-year students with an elective course titled “Career exploring,” which helps students broaden their perspectives and explore diverse career paths, including clinical practice and other related fields. The authors selected a medical education elective course to explore how medical education theories have evolved into an actual curriculum. In 2018, Korea University College of Medicine underwent a major curricular reform, and the students’ reactions were not favorable. The authors were also anxious while experiencing the changes and unintended negative effects. We, the authors, were puzzled by questions such as “Why are these changes being made? What is the purpose of these changes?” Another question we embraced was, “To resolve our questions and have the opportunity to participate in curriculum improvement, is it necessary to study medical education as a formal course, beyond our interests?” The 2-week medical education elective course provided us with the opportunity to answer such questions. We would like to share the experiences and thoughts we had during this elective course. In the first part of this commentary, we will describe the authors’ perspectives on the rationale for why studying medical education is a worthwhile experience for students, along with our suggestions for improving the medical curriculum, based on what we learned from the course.
