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본 연구의 목적은 의료기사를 의료인 종별에 포함시키는 것에 대한 기초 자료를 제시하는 것이다. 의료법에서 의료인을 의사, 치과의사, 한의사, 조산사, 간호사로 정의한다. 의료기사는 임상병리사, 방사선사, 물리치료사, 작업치료사, 치과기공사, 치과위생사로 구분한다. 한국은 의료인에 의료기사를 포함하지 않지만 일본과 대만은 의료인으로 규정하고 있다. 국제표준직업분류(ISCO-08), 한국표준직업분류(KSCO-2017), 일본표준직업분류(JSOC-2009), 대만표준직업분류(TSOC-2010), 미국표준직업분류(SOC-2018) 등의 다양한 표준직업분류를 비교하였다. 의료기사 교육체계는 4년제 대학과 3년제 전문대학 프로그램을 포함하는 것으로 설명하였다. 의료행위, 치료, 진료보조 분야에서 의료기사의 역할을 개략적으로 설명했다. 이러한 기초자료는 의료기사의 의료인 종별 포함의 의미에 대한 논의의 필요성과 의료인 종별 포함과 관련하여 의료기사의 전문성의 합법화에 기여할 것이다.
This study provides the underlying data on the inclusion of medical technologists in the category of medical personnel. Medical personnel are defined in the Medical Service Act as physicians, dentists, oriental medicine doctors, midwives, and nurses. In the act, medical technologists shall be classified into clinical laboratory technologists (clinical pathology technologists in the Korean language), radiological technologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, dental technologists, and dental hygienists. Although South Korea’s medical personnel do not include medical technologists, Japan and Taiwan define them as medical personnel. Various standard occupational classification such as International Standard Classification of Occupations 2008, Korean Standard Classification of Occupations 2017, Japan Standard Occupational Classification 2009, Taiwan Standard Occupational Classification 2010, and USA Standard Occupational Classification 2018 were compared. The education system for medical health technologists was explained to include 4-year university and 3-year junior college programs. The roles of medical technologists in medical practice, therapy, and medical assistance were outlined. These basic materials incorporate the need for discussions about the meaning of including medical technologists in the type of medical personnel. These discussions will contribute to the legalization of medical technologists’ professionality with regard to their inclusion in the type of medical personnel.
