Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/01/09
By: Chen Wei-ting and Lilian Wu
Taipei, Jan. 8 (CNA) Taiwan will make it harder in the future for Taiwanese with degrees from medical
schools in other countries to get a license in Taiwan to practice medicine, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday.
Shih Chung-liang (石崇良), head of the ministry’s Department of Medical Affairs, said it will soon adopt a new accreditation system that will apply to students who enroll in medical schools in other countries after January 2017.
The new rules will not be retroactively applied, Shih said.
Under the new rules, Taiwanese who study medicine overseas must graduate from schools on the reference list of the Ministry of Education and they must study medicine for a certain period of time. [FULL STORY]