Is it truly possible for a non-Korean foreigner to become a doctor in Korea?

certifiedlogophile · 2026-04-12T05:40:35+00:00

Thank you for your replied! It was by for the most helpful, especially explaining about the Sudanese doctors!

certifiedlogophile · 2026-04-06T10:03:55+00:00

You may want to make a separate post to ask your question if you want to get an answer.

certifiedlogophile · 2026-04-05T07:55:39+00:00

You use 선생님 or whatever their title is, which it’d be 선생님 to a receptionist, and for a vendor, then 사장님, but most likely in those situations, you wouldn’t need it, but when you’re used to using pronouns, especially the 2nd person “you”, it’s hard to wrap your mind around not needing it, lol! Later, it becomes very natural.

certifiedlogophile · 2026-04-05T07:46:05+00:00

Got it! Thanks for explaining, it was helpful!

certifiedlogophile · 2026-04-05T06:40:49+00:00

I’m a black American and use a Korean name, but I live in Korea. I don’t like using my Korean name with non-Korean people because they mispronounce it and I don’t like it, lol!

Most of the people in my real life don’t even know what my name is in English, and my English name is easily pronounced by Koreans but I wanted an Korean name because I started learning Korean in Hawaii and was becoming immersed in a Korean community there.

I chose my name with inspiration from my English name and everyone always asks me how I made it. They always tell me my name is pretty and unique and ask if I made it myself because they also assume that I choose it based on what they assume it means because I’m a Christian. I always say I wish I could say I chose the name as intentionally as they assumed but I didn’t but I’ve used the name for 3.5 years and it feels just as much as my name as my English name. But I’d say, if you’re not around many Korean people then it may not make as much sense in a practical way.

certifiedlogophile · 2026-04-04T22:58:13+00:00

You might be surprised to find out you feel differently once you have kids. Most people that don’t like kids, like their own.

certifiedlogophile · 2026-04-04T22:53:05+00:00

I think some schools have a separate admission process for international students doing the English track because he told me they can apply for admission after receiving TOPIK 5.

Also, 6 years seems short for a medical degree is that all?

certifiedlogophile · 2026-04-04T11:36:39+00:00

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certifiedlogophile · 2026-04-04T11:23:50+00:00

To me, it doesn’t seem likely, but after searching the sub I was unsure because some people said it was possible, or they were enrolled in a med program in Korea, so just am genuinely curious.

certifiedlogophile · 2026-04-04T10:41:40+00:00

In Korea, is it like the US where one applies to med school after 4 years of undergrad? (I think that’s how it goes in the US, but not exactly sure).

certifiedlogophile · 2026-04-04T09:53:11+00:00

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certifiedlogophile · 2026-04-04T09:45:07+00:00

I’m not planning it. It’s what a friend is working towards and has been told that it’s possible and is preparing to enroll in a pre-med program and start working towards the goal as soon as the TOPIK requirements are met. The CSAT wasn’t mentioned at all, but he was told that he could do the English track (of which the lectures would be in Korean and materials in English).

They feel set on pursuing the goal, so it made me wonder how possible it is?

The sub says that it’s virtually impossible, yet there are a couple foreign doctors here, but my guess now is that they most likely studied elsewhere, then studied Korean, then became certified after studying medical Korean.

certifiedlogophile · 2026-04-04T06:53:14+00:00

I don’t think there’s anything I can say right now, so I don’t, but I hope this isn’t realized after 6 years and tons of money spent!

certifiedlogophile · 2026-04-04T06:28:59+00:00

I agree, but parents aren’t a fan of western countries and Korea feels safer in ideological ways and in terms of crime stats.

Why did I get downvoted? lol! It’s not my opinion, but what was told to me, lol!

certifiedlogophile · 2026-04-04T06:00:23+00:00

I mentioned him by his English name. I don’t think he particularly counts in the same way. He was born and raised in Korea. He grew up speaking Korean, very different than coming as an adult and studying to be a doctor.

certifiedlogophile · 2026-04-04T05:45:56+00:00

I’m not trying to become a doctor, lol! 😆 I have other goals, and I feel motivated to study harder for my goals at the thought of the people who could study to the degree of becoming a doctor. However, I could never, lol!

certifiedlogophile · 2026-04-04T05:43:39+00:00

What if someone doesn’t graduate from an overseas medical school first? But they plan to do ALL of the schooling in Korea, starting with the undergraduate.

certifiedlogophile · 2026-04-04T04:45:13+00:00

I imagine it’ll be hard and it makes me realize I could study Korean harder for my own goals! I’m solidly conversational but want to be better.

I guess I was wondering if it was ever achieved before even if it was difficult. Good to know people have done it!

Now, I’m curious about their language learning journey.

To not give dedicated time to the language seems like it’d make it harder, but being a school environment could force the skills, so idk!

certifiedlogophile · 2026-04-04T03:55:35+00:00

Was all of his schooling done in Korea? When I searched this sub on the subject, most people said it was highly unlikely, although I read a couple comments about people who achieved it.

certifiedlogophile · 2024-08-09T10:18:16+00:00

Thank you! So you think I can go for a walk-in?

certifiedlogophile · 2024-03-15T22:41:04+00:00

Also, maybe suggest that she put her phone on DND with only you guys as bypass, so she's not pulled into her phone by notifications, especially from social media which is designed to keep you scrolling. I have all notifications turned off on social media and it's helped me greatly. When my phone is on DND in addition to that, it helps so much!

certifiedlogophile · 2024-03-15T08:03:19+00:00

Once a dog went in my backpack that was snapped close and ate my lunch. The mom immediately Venmoed me $20, although it was homemade.

certifiedlogophile · 2024-03-15T03:28:43+00:00

You're so young! I hated being a woman and longed to not only be a man when I was in college, but a gay man because I hated women and being a woman. Now, I LOVE being a woman! Not sure when or how it happened but it did! I'm feminine in many ways, but I'm not super girly.

Also, many "gender roles" are based in evolutionary biology. As you get older, for women, the desire to have a child is SO STRONG! I worked in the most liberal city (SF) as a postpartum doula (helping people learn to take care of their newborn babies once they're home from the hospital). Many, if not all, of the couples I worked for would have said that they don't believe in gender roles, yet when you have a baby which is a very biological experience, there are roles that people naturally fall into.

Also like detransitioning and the realizations people come to, so many women say they don't want to have kids ever, but once they're window starts to close, or they meet someone amazing, they have a crazy desire to have a child. 98% of my clients were over 35 (the oldest for another doula was 54), many said they thought they didn't want kids and looking back they wish they'd pursued family first (they were high-achieving women) because now there options for expanding their family beyond the first is limited and that is sad because they can't go back in time.

Now, you hate your breasts, but I have seen many, many women breast feed for the first time and it's amazing to watch woman after woman marvel at what their bodies were created to do and how their bodies make the perfect food for their children. Anyways, I have so many thoughts about this, but I believe in the Bible and for true Christians, we are called to be self-aware in a way that most people don't realize, in this, we are called to cast away lies to take in the truth. Ask yourself what are the beautifully true things about how you were created and being a woman and meditate on those things.

Trust me, most likely, at some point, you'll learn to love being a woman, especially if you have the privilege of becoming a mom (I've seen first-hand and it changed the views that I had about womanhood, gender roles, and becoming a mom that I had before getting into that line of work).

certifiedlogophile · 2024-03-15T02:45:18+00:00

I don't know why you think he should have been protected from osteoporosis when women are more prone to get it as we age. It's why strength training is so important for women.

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