• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.11-19
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• 2013

Backgrounds: Occupations are grouped on the basis of similarity in tasks and duties performed. Standard occupational classification (SOC) is a tool for organizing all professions into a clearly defined set of groups according to the tasks and duties undertaken in the respective jobs. Objectives: The major objective of this study is to comprehensively review how a SOC system is used in occupational and safety fields such as surveillance, exposure monitoring, occupational epidemiological study, management of carcinogens and analysis of occupational accidents. Methods: We summarized the cases, policies and regulations used in SOC systems in advanced countries and as they appear in articles Results: We found that SOC systems have been widely used in various areas of occupational safety and health in the US, the UK, Finland, and the EU. In general, it is highly common to use SOC in the analysis of occupational accidents and diseases and to identify factors causing those accidents. The SOC system is also used not only for surveillance of exposure to hazardous agents and occupational health, but to manage carcinogens. In order to adjust the effects of a particular job, SOC is used in the general population health area. The Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) has never used or introduced an SOC system. There have been no cases of the application of a SOC system to either the occupational safety and health field or to health surveillance for the general population in Korea. Conclusions: We suggested a need to introduce an SOC system in several occupational safety and health activities, such as work environment measurement, analysis of occupational accidents, specific physical examination and surveillance systems, etc.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.21-31
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• 2024

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.