• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.95-104
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• 2007

연구목적: 고혈압환자의 효과적인 자가관리 간호중재를 개발하는데 필요한 기초자료로 혈압자가측정(self-monitoring of blood pressure)에 대한 특성, 장점, 범위 및 제한점을 파악한다. 연구방법: 1996년부터 2005년까지 PubMed에 수록된 고혈압환자의 자가관리 방법중 혈압자가측정방법이 포함된 외국의 연구를 중심으로 체계적인 고찰을 실시하였다. 전체 69개 자가관리방법을 적용한 논문 중에서 혈압자가측정이나 가정에서의 혈압측정(home monitoring)에 대한 45개 논문을 선정하여 분석하였다. 연구결과 전반적으로 혈압자가측정 방법은 고혈압환자의 혈압조절을 향상시키는 효과가 유의한 것으로 나타났다. 환자가 혈압을 자가측정한 방법에서 평균 혈압, 수축기 혈압, 맥압이 유의하게 감소한 것으로 보고되었다. 장기적 프로그램에서 혈압조절율이 향상되거나, 이완기혈압의 감소효과도 보고되었다. 혈압자가측정의 기준치는 연구마다 일치하지는 않았지만 135/85mmHg 수준이 정상혈압의 상한수준으로 제시되었다. 일부 연구에서는 가정 내 혈압측정이 24시간혈압측정을 대체하는 방법으로 추천되었다. 보다 정확한 혈압자가측정을 위해서 신뢰성 있는 혈압측정기구의 사용과 정확한 측정방법이 환자들에게 교육될 필요가 있다. 결론: 혈압자가측정은 고혈압환자의 혈압조절에 유용한 방법으로 고찰되었다. 또한 고혈압의 진단, 혈압치료와 고혈압 약물복용 행위를 향상시키는 교육적 효과도 긍정적으로 나타났다. 따라서 고혈압환자를 위한 효과적인 자기조절프로그램에 혈압자가측정법을 포함하는 것이 추천되며, 추후 한국에서 시도된 관련 연구에 관한 문헌고찰의 비교연구가 필요하다.

• 국제교류와 융합교육
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2021

본 연구는 외국인 환자의 국제진료에 대한 내러티브를 통한 의료인문학 교육과정의 적용 가능성에 대한 연구이다. 내러티브를 분석한 결과 첫째, 한국의 의료시스템과 수준은 세계적인 수준이며, 환자 진료를 위한 지식과 술기가 충분하다는 것을 알 수 있었고, 둘째, 한국의 의사상에서 강조하는 환자 진료에 대한 역량이 충분하다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 셋째, 한국의 의사상의 사회적 책무성 측면에서 봉사활동의 중요성을 알고 이러한 봉사활동을 의과대학 교육부터 체득화되고, 또한 다양한 문화권의 의료 현장 경험을 통하여 봉사활동은 의사로서 평생 할 수 있는 일로 이어지는 것이 중요함을 알 수 있다. 전문직업성 영역에서는 의사로서 프로페셔널리즘을 발현할 수 있었고, 모든 과정에서 의료진들은 환자의 아픔을 이해하고, 공감하여 환자에게도 진심이 전달되었음을 알 수 있었다, 전문직업성은 최근 더욱 강조되고 있는 영역으로 의과대학 교육뿐만 아니라, 의사들에게도 전문직업성에 대한 교육적 기회를 제공하는 것이 필요하다. 이러한 국제진료 경험은 의과대학 의료인문학 교육과정에 적용 가능하며, 6년 교육과정 전체에 조화와 통합된 의료인 문학 교육과정이 운영될 수 있다.

• 의료법학
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.309-334
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• 2012

Although the number of foreign patients visiting Korea for medical treatments or plastic surgery is rapidly increasing, countermeasures against unforeseen medical disputes involving foreign patients are adequate. To date, the record shows that most foreign patients have visited doctors at the departments of family medicine, internal medicine, dermatology (incl. plastic surgery), and healthcare centers, which, fortunately, indicates that there are not many severe, high risk patients. However, if the current growth rate continues to rise and the number of foreign patients visiting each department continues to grow, more diverse medical practices will be likely to take place in the future, and consequently, it is expected that the possibilities of medical malpractice and the costs of dispute resolution will also rise dramatically. When a medical dispute occurs, in general, a lawsuit is ultimately settled by the court. However, since this can damage the creditworthiness of medical institutions and also incur significant litigation costs, which is a typical characteristic of a medical lawsuit, medical professionals or institutions will be heavily burdened. Furthermore, an adequate policy or countermeasure against a medical dispute with a foreign patient has not yet been established, and it would be difficult to resolve a dispute by finding the middle ground, due to relative standards and policies between countries. Now, we need to improve the existing policies and prepare for countermeasures that will allow us to precisely predict the nature of such disputes, which have been increasing, and resolve them peacefully. Based on such knowledge, this study aims to establish countermeasures against medical disputes with foreign patients, and examine ways to promptly and reasonably resolve them at an early stage.

• 대한기관식도과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기관식도과학회 1977년도 제11차 학술대회연제 순서 및 초록
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• pp.3.2-3
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• 1977

우리나라에서는 우리들의 현실생활에서 겨울철의 주연료가 되고있는 연탄과 무연탄으로 인한 일산화탄소 중독환자를 많이 보아봤으며, 우리나라 가구의 약 90%가 연탄등을 주연료로 사용하고 있는 현실에서 볼 때 CO중독에 따른 잇달은 사고는 사회적으로도 중요한 문제가 될 뿐아니라 이런 CO 중독의 후유증으로서 유발되는 청력손실 또한 큰 문제가 아닐 수 없다. CO 중독성난청은 혼수상태의 기간 및 고압산소기의 사용유무등에 따라서 크게 영향을 받으며 대부분 전정기의 장애를 동반한 감음신경성난청의 형태로 나타나는 경우가 많다. Lumio (1948)는 만성 CO 중독환자 700례중에서 73.3%의 감음신경성난청을 보고한바 있으며, Strzelczyk (1964)는 CO 중독성난청의 대부분이 만성중독에 의한 것임을 밝히는 한편 이들의 60%가 와우신경절후 병변임을 증명하였다. 난청만을 유발한 급성 CO 중독 증례는 그의 발생환경에서 고찰해 볼 때에도 외국에서는 매우 드물 례라고 하겠으나 특히 우리나라에서는 이때까지 이와 같은 증례를 보게되는 경우가 많았으며, 금번 저자들은 난청을 동반한 CO 중독환자 10명을 경험하여 청각학적 고찰을 실시한바 있기에 이에 보고하는 바이다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.561-564
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• 2010

Purpose: According to the data presented by ministry of justice, a number of foreign workers in Korea is approximately 700 thousands and among them 22 thousands are illegal workers. We would like to provide the basic information the foreign workers by analyzing clinical contents. Methods: 1456 patients who visited the hospital were reviewed by nationality, medical department, gender and age. 62 patients have visited plastic surgery department and they were additionally reviewed by diagnosis, chief complant and operation. Results: Mongolians were 388 cases (26.7%), followed by Chineses with 452 cases (31.1%). General surgery had 264 visits (18.1%) followed by internal medicine with 388 visits (26.6%). In gender grouping, 781 patients were males and 675 patients were females. Hand, face and extremity injuries were common in plastic surgery field but many foreign worker patients also wanted to take aesthetic surgery such as scar revision, blepharoplasty and augmentation rhinoplasty. Conclusion: It has been twenty years since foreign workers have come to the Korean society. In the past foreign workers were mostly neglected. However with the vast improvement in labor and welfare related services, demands for plastic surgery, especially aesthetic surgery are increasing among foreign workers. Therefore plastic surgeons' continuous interest in foreign workers is required.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.34-41
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• 2015

Objective: This study is to evaluate the awareness, needs, and barriers in patient counseling for hospitalized foreign patients. As the number of foreign population increases in Korea, demands on quality of Korean health services are rapidly increasing. Previously most of the studies have focused on the availability and utilization of healthcare service, and prevalence of disease for foreigners, however, no study has been conducted on quality of direct-patient care such as patient counseling. Method: In the present study, a survey was conducted on a total of 161 participants between March 7 and May 7 in 2014. The study subjects were consisted with 103 foreign patients who had experienced inpatient care within 1 year and 58 hospital pharmacists who work in the hospital with foreign inpatients. Results: Firstly, the hospital pharmacists were highly aware of the necessity of counseling for foreign inpatients. Secondly, the largest portion of barrier to patient counseling service was accounted a lack of foreign language skills. Lastly, the monitoring of efficacy, potential adverse reactions and discharge follow-up were emphasized. Conclusion: Effective communication skills would be essential to improve pharmaceutical care services to foreign inpatients.

• 임상간호연구
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.68-77
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• 2016

Purpose: The present study was done to identify the relationship of cultural competence, self efficacy and job stress of nurses working on wards for foreign patients. Methods: The participants were 133 clinical nurses who agreed to participate in the study and were working on wards for foreign patients in three general hospitals in Seoul. A structured questionnaire that covered the three tested constructs was conducted between Dec. 15, 2014 and Jan. 15, 2015. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficients with SPSS/WIN 21.0 program. Results: Cultural competence was found to have a significant positive correlation with self efficacy (r=.464, p<.001) and self efficacy had a significant negative correlation with job stress (r=-.397, p<.001). Conclusion: The findings of the study suggest that programs designed to nourish cultural sensitivity and cultural skills need to be developed in order to promote cultural competence. The results also suggest that in these programs to improve self efficacy and reduce job stress should be considered.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.64-73
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• 2015

Medical tourism in Korea has been rapidly grown for last couple of years, based on exclusive support from Korean government. About 60,000 foreign patients received medial services in 2009, an initial stage of entering medical tourism business, and the number of foreign patients received medical services in Korea hiked to more than 266 thousands in 2014, which is showing 34.7% of annual average increase between 2009 and 2014. Diversification of target markets and service areas contributed on this remarkable growth. This paper describes current status of medical tourism in Korea as well as various supports from government for the growth of medical tourism. In addition, the paper presents approaches for brand marketing, by utilizing 7Ps, the marketing mix (a.k.a. service mix), in order to increase awareness and competitiveness of medical services of Korea in global market.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2013

This research tried to understand the expectation and experience level of the medical service among the foreign patients who visit South Korea for a medical tourism, and to find out the effect of expectation and experience level on the satisfaction of medical service. Data collection was done through conducting a survey of inpatients in 4 hospitals located in Seoul, Korea. Total 110 cases were used for analysis. According to the study, expectation level had a significant difference between the group exposed to a word-of-mouth and the group not exposed to the word-of-mouth. The difference analysis of expectation and experience level of the foreign patients showed that all components of the service quality were satisfied. The component of perceived reliability was the only factor influencing the foreign patients' overall satisfaction on the medical service. The findings of this study will be provided a basic data for the marketing strategy which can apply to the satisfaction strategy differentiated from other countries.

• 대한예방한의학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.75-87
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• 2012

Objectives : This study was performed to investigate the knowledge on contacting experiences to foreign patients, the equipments and requirements to make the vitalization method for the oriental medical tourism for foreign patients. Methods : We adopted the focusing group interviews on the oriental medical doctors, nurses and personnels who had the experiences to deal with the oriental medical tourism. Results : For 3 parts, translation into each country's language in program, hospital information, treatment information and homepage should be done and consideration into each country's culture is very important part to know medical tourism patients and prepare the adequate products, and lastly the translater or medical coordinator plays a very important role to connect the hospital personnels with medical tourism patients. Conclusions : Translation in to each country's language concerning medical tourism material and understanding on one's country's culture and a medical coordinator are very important constituents for a successful medical tourism.