Specialty System

KOM has peculiar system. Though holistic approach that perceive

human body as a whole organism is applied to the treatment as well

as diagnosis in Korean Oriental Medicine, but the specialty system

was enacted in 1999 and currently the examination in 8 department is

taken once a year since 2002.

Korean Oriental Medicine has competitiveness in terms of high-

quality medical care by KOM doctors well educated and trained to

diagnose and treat patients.

Korean Oriental Medicine will raise the competitive advantage

further by pursuing evidence-based medicine, industrialization and

globalization of KOM as well as improvement of medical care by

reinforcing the projects as follows.

Development project by academic circles and collaboration

between academic and business circles

International co.

research and exchange of knowledge

Development of medical instruments for diagnosis and treatment

as a result

Specialized approach of treatment adjusting to the need of the

public, for example for the obesity, aesthetic care

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