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Chaparrastique
Joined: 01 Jan 2014
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 Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 11:34 pm Post subject: Koreas Cult of Youth |
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Has anyone noticed how hospitals here tend to only hire staff aged 30 and below?
Doctors over that age are retired to their own clinics out in the suburbs and provinces.
It seems that age and experience is very under-utilized and generally looked down upon throughout the workplaces of this society.
Does anyone know why this is? |
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Qonny
Joined: 28 Oct 2014
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| Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 12:29 am Post subject: |
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Doctors, no. I've seen doctors of all ages and the average would be about what it is back home.
Nurses and hospital admin staff, absolutley yes. Nurses especially, you struggle to find one over 30. Even the head nurses are <30. Some of the nursing practices (not putting the needle into the skin properly, letting drips run down to nothing, not wearing gloves when injecting, and many more) would suggest that they could do with some more experience, or better training. |
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yodanole
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: La Florida
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| Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 7:33 am Post subject: What a maroon! |
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| It is difficult to explain the reasons behind a phenomenon that does not appear to exist. |
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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| I've seen plenty of people who are over 30 working at hospitals, both doctors and nurses. |
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radcon
Joined: 23 May 2011
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| Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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| The thing I find strange is young female doctors wearing stiletto heels, who walk awkwardly as they make their rounds in the hospital. |
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Chaparrastique
Joined: 01 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 5:42 am Post subject: |
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| Yodanole wrote: |
| It is difficult to explain the reasons behind a phenomenon that does not appear to exist. |
I don't want to name the hospital.
But the three MD's I interacted with seemed to be no older than about 32. Of about 25 staff that I saw that day, only one (1) appeared to be older than 35.
nothing against young people. But when I go to the hospital I tend to prefer a seasoned, older practitioner with lots of experience. Someone with 20, 30 years of practice is is incredibly valuable. Yet Korea bins these people. |
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actionjackson
Joined: 30 Dec 2007
Location: Any place I'm at
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| Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Chaparrastique wrote: |
| Yodanole wrote: |
| It is difficult to explain the reasons behind a phenomenon that does not appear to exist. |
I don't want to name the hospital.
But the three MD's I interacted with seemed to be no older than about 32. Of about 25 staff that I saw that day, only one (1) appeared to be older than 35.
nothing against young people. But when I go to the hospital I tend to prefer a seasoned, older practitioner with lots of experience. Someone with 20, 30 years of practice is is incredibly valuable. Yet Korea bins these people. |
In my experience, a Korean who looks 32 is at least 40. |
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yodanole
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: La Florida
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| Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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| I see 2 different doctors, neither of whom is a "spring chicken". |
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optik404
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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Basically, OP met three doctors, assumed they are under the age of 32 and came up with the sensationalist title, Korea Cult of Youth.
You could get a job writing for Buzzfeed. |
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Chaparrastique
Joined: 01 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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| yodanole wrote: |
| I see 2 different doctors, neither of whom is a "spring chicken". |
Of course the oldies manage to hang on out in the satellite towns or countryside. They're forced to open their own clinics in the back streets if they want to survive.
But I'm talking about the big main hospitals in central seoul. They only accept young starlets. |
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Who's Your Daddy?
Joined: 30 May 2010
Location: Victoria, Canada.
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| Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 7:27 am Post subject: |
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| I wonder if you are looking at it backwards. After they get the experience of a big hospital they open up their own shop and actually make more money or have less stress? |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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| This would make Korean hospitals literally the only institution in Korea where the old fogies aren't in charge. |
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Who's Your Daddy? wrote: |
| I wonder if you are looking at it backwards. After they get the experience of a big hospital they open up their own shop and actually make more money or have less stress? |
That's a pretty insightful idea, and I bet it's more than a little correct. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 12:53 am Post subject: |
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| Fox wrote: |
| Who's Your Daddy? wrote: |
| I wonder if you are looking at it backwards. After they get the experience of a big hospital they open up their own shop and actually make more money or have less stress? |
That's a pretty insightful idea, and I bet it's more than a little correct. |
I was told that, at least in some instances, the government told doctors where, as in what city, they were to practice. |
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Who's Your Daddy?
Joined: 30 May 2010
Location: Victoria, Canada.
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| Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 7:09 am Post subject: |
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| ㅅㅅsort of related: I knew a doctor that after finishing his schooling worked in a little government clinic in the countryside for his military service obligation. He was bored but it was dead easy, a pretty good deal. |
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