⁃ From the 2nd semester, medical school-technical college-hospital convergence course, nurturing professional manpower ⁃
□ The Ministry of Health & Welfare and the Korea Health Industry Development Institute announced that they have selected a medical AI convergence talent training project group to lead the training of convergence talents in the medical AI field.
○ 「Medical Artificial Intelligence Convergence Talent Cultivation Project」 is a part of the Ministry of Health & Welfare·Ministry of Education collaborative talent nurturing. This is a project that supports the entire academic, master's, and doctoral cycle through the operation of departmental convergence courses in the field of medical artificial intelligence.
○ The Ministry of Health & Welfare and the Korea Industry Promotion Agency conducted a selection evaluation for two days from May 4rd to May 22th for a total of 18 business groups that applied for the contest by April 5nd (Fri), and selected them for Pusan National University and Seoul National University. , Sungkyunkwan University, Ajou University, and Hallym University (a total of 3 business groups, in alphabetical order by institution name) were selected as support target groups.
□ Selected 5 business groups promote student support and curriculum from July, and from the second semester (September) of this year, students from various majors such as medicine and engineering will be provided with detailed undergraduate programs and graduate schools of 'medical artificial intelligence'. We will run major courses, etc.
○ Through this project, at least 100 students are selected annually, and undergraduate students are supported for at least one year and graduate students for at least two years.
○ In addition, in order to nurture not only the knowledge and skills required in the field of medical artificial intelligence, but also medical and artificial intelligence convergence specialists needed in the field, each project group will conduct joint projects and data utilization research through cooperation with hospitals and companies. Is expected.
○ The five selected project groups will receive support from the government for project expenses such as educational program development for up to three years from 5.
* Cultivation of talent tailored to the needs of companies, exchanges and cooperation with data scientists, medical artificial intelligence practice courses and research design, etc.
□ Director of the Ministry of Health & Welfare’s Health and Medical Data Promotion Division, Bang Bang-shik, said, “The convergence of medical care, big data, and artificial intelligence is accelerating around the world, and domestic bio-health companies are also increasing their investment in R&D to introduce artificial intelligence technology. but,
○ Securing professional manpower in both fields of medical and artificial intelligence is emerging as the most important task,” he said.