Purpose:

The second Korean Emergency Physician Survey (KEPS) was done in 2015. 2010 KEPS, first comprehensive study on emergency physicians (EP) in Korea, revealed EP felt over-burdened and unsatisfied. The purpose of 2015 KEPS was to find out what changed since the last survey, and what we need for the future.

Method:

2015 KEPS Committee way established. 2010 survey questions were reviewed by the committee. The survey was on 1,418 members of Korean Society of Emergency Medicine (KESM), using a questionnaire on the web and e-mail from June to October of 2015.

Results:

437 (31%) EP working in 182 hospitals participated in the survey. The biggest change was the increase in the number of EP. There were 1,120 (79%) clinically active EP working in all types of emergency facilitis. Even though working hours have decreased from 232.7 to 210.4 hours per month, night shifts increased from 7.4 to 7.6 per month. Average salary has increased but satisfaction is still dismal. The answers to choosing the specialty again, and the satisfaction with Emergency Medical Services system, and the prospect in 10 years have decreased. Expectation during Residency training increased.

Conclusion:

Increase in the number of EP, brought about improvements in the welfare and working conditions. But the satisfaction is still low. In order to build a better future for EM. There must be some form of improvement in satisfaction of EP in following years.