From Seoul to Lima: Korean Doctors in Peru

The Republic of Korea has unique Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officers with its own EIS program in Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). Some of the medical school graduate men are recruited for their mandatory military service as EIS officers on a voluntary basis. They serve two or three years in epidemiological investigation and return to their own specialties [1].
Source: Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research