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Otherside · Joined: 06 Sep 2007

Hi,
I tried to search but I got about a million unrelated results.

Here's my q, I was told I need to get a medical check-up for my new job (ps position), and I must bring it with me on March 3 when I start.

THATS IT. What exactly do I need to get from the doctor? (I wasn;t given a form or anything, just that simple instruction). Additionally, can I go to any doctor in Korea or do I have to go to a special one? If that's the case, does anyone know a place in the Suwon area (the closer to Suwon station the better).

Finally, is it reasonable for me to ask the school to reimburse the cost of said medical checkup?

Thanks in advance

Fresh Prince · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: The glorious nation of Korea

I did a medical check-up in Korea at a local doctor. They have a standard form on hand. It was about 10,000 won for the checkup and the doctor filling out the form. They didn't have the stuff needed for all of the tests though, since it was a doctor's office instead of a hospital.

Otherside · Joined: 06 Sep 2007

Fresh Prince · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: The glorious nation of Korea

Before I submitted the form I decided not to take the job, so I'm not sure if they would have accepted it.

chachee99 · Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Location: Seoul Korea

I went to the hospital the other day and it seems that the doctors don't have any clue as to what to check for.

Can someone please list everything the doctor is supposed to check? The doctors need to know exactly what to look for in the blood and drug test.

Better yet, if anyone knows of a form i can print off and show the doctor it will make things much easier.

Otherside · Joined: 06 Sep 2007

Ukon · Joined: 29 Jan 2008

The GEPIK and SMOE applications/and or website have a separate, generic Medical form that I think would work fine.

Go here to download

http://etis.sen.go.kr/bbs/download.php?id=download&page=1&sn1=&divpage=1&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=7&filenum=1

the EPIK one is much more detaied:
http://epik.knue.ac.kr/file/Medical%20Examination%20Report.doc

Ut videam · Joined: 07 Dec 2007 Location: Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do

The following is what the regulations say regarding the medical exam:

Otherside · Joined: 06 Sep 2007

Thanks for the replies.
Neither of those forms mention anything about drug testing or HIV testing? I suppose I could ask the doc to do those tests too and put the results under "other"?

Would I need to go to a hospital for this (seems like the average doc wouldn;t have the means to test for all this? am I mistaken?)

If so, does anyone know of a place to go in Suwon?

Cheers

BreakfastInBed · Joined: 16 Oct 2007 Location: Gyeonggi do

I just had mine done yesterday for a GEPIK school. I've been at the school since December and they've asked for it twice since then, to which my response both times has been, "no problem, tell me exactly what you want." Never having received an answer they never received my medical information. Yesterday they enlisted my wrangler to take me to the hospital to get it done. I'm not convinced he knew what I needed either. Nevertheless, 15 minutes and 12,000 won later I was finished. It was three things for me, I peed on a tri-colored strip of paper which was then disinterestedly glanced at by a doctor and thrown away, I got my chest x-rayed, and then had some blood drawn for what I was led to believe is an HIV test. That's it. Will it fly? Time will tell.

chachee99 · Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Location: Seoul Korea