Medical school professors in South Korea have stated that the planned increase in medical school enrollment from next year to 2031 is manageable, confirming that educational standards can be maintained. However, they emphasize the need for more specific support structures to ensure that educational quality does not suffer due to increased quotas. The Ministry of Education announced plans to diversify practical training institutions, moving away from traditional hospital-centered practices to include regional medical centers and clinics, which is aligned with the professors' calls for a better training environment.

Professors are also critical of just increasing student numbers without sufficient infrastructure. They argue that for the educational framework to successfully adapt to these increased quotas, clear commitments must be made about how institutions can integrate additional students and when these changes will be implemented. One professor mentioned that while flexibility is possible for an increase of 10-15%, surpassing that rate could likely complicate the quality of education without guaranteed support from the schools. Another highlighted that if the training conditions do not improve prior to increasing quotas, the entire educational system could be overwhelmed.

Furthermore, emphasis was placed on the necessity for systematic improvements across educational environments, stressing that the call from the medical community to wait until conditions improve before increasing enrollment could lead to a stagnation in the quality of medical training. Professors insist that for educational collaboration with regional medical institutions to be effective, there must be significant training and compensation plans for the medical staff already at these institutions. Without this support, the effectiveness and sustainability of increased student numbers could be severely compromised.