Yukyung Shin is a physician specialised in preventive medicine and a PhD candidate researching sick leave prescriptions issued by private practice physicians (médecins libéraux) in France. By analysing how the state governs the conduct of the medical
profession regarding sick leaves, she seeks to understand the transformations of the social state and of medical autonomy. She is under the joint supervision of Patrick Castel (CSO) and Valéry Ridde (Ceped)

EDUCATION

• Since 2025 - PhD student at the CSO
• 2024 - Master’s Student in Sociology, Sciences Po, Paris, France
• 2021–2023 - Master of Science in Medicine (Health Policy and Management Major), Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (Thesis title: “The effect of regulating brain MRI utilization based on explicit rationing criteria: A study of physician decision making processes in South Korea”)
• 2021–2023 - Resident in preventive medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
• 2020–2021 - Medical intern, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
• 2014–2020 - Doctor of Medicine (MD), Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (Cum Laude) 

Quels soins sont pertinents ? Le cas des prescriptions d’arrêt de travail des médecins libéraux (contrat doctoral double culture Sciences Po - Université Paris Cité, Mar 2025 – Feb 2028)

Challenges of regulating brain MRI overuse: A study on the bounded rationality of physicians (supported by the Korean
Society for Preventive Medicine, Principal Investigator, May 2022 – Oct 2022)

Development of a predictive model for healthcare utilization by National Health Insurance beneficiaries (2nd stage)
(supported by the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service, Co-Investigator, 2021)

A study of foreign nursing institutions: The law and workforce development system (supported by the Korean Licensed
Practical Nurses Association, Co-Investigator, 2021)

A study on establishing a regional cooperative health system (supported by the Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare,
Co-Investigator, 2021)

Experience of vulnerable youth entering the healthcare sector: The case of nursing assistants (supported by the Korea Youth Foundation, Co-Investigator, 2020)

Which care is appropriate ? The case of sick leave prescriptions by liberal physicians in France

2025-2026 (Fall semester) Methods conference, “Introduction to Sociology”, L1, Sciences Po Paris, Reims Campus

Oct 2021 Excellent Oral Presentation Award, Korean Society for Preventive Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Park JS, Lee SY, Kim U-N, Yim J-J, Hwang H, Shin Y, Do YK. (2025). Perceptions of Ward Round Time: A Vignette-Based Study of Patients, Physicians, and Medical Students, Quality Improvement in Health Care, 31(1), 65-74. 

Lee SY, Kim S, Kim S, Shin Y, Yim J-J, Hwang H, Kwon Y, Kim U-N, and Do YK. (2025). Assessing statistical literacy in medical students and doctors: a single-centre, cross-sectional survey in South Korea, BMJ Open, 15:e095173.

Shin Y and Park D. (2023). A comparative study of nursing institutions: legal systems in the United Kingdom, France, and South Korea, Health and Social Welfare Review, 43(4), 8-28.

Shin Y and Do YK. (2023). Private health insurance and high-cost outpatient imaging test utilization: changes following
the National Health Insurance benefit expansion policy, Health Policy and Management, 33(3), 325-337.

Shin Y, Lee JS and Do YK. (2022). Increase in potential low-value magnetic resonance imaging utilization due to out-of-
pocket payment reduction across income groups in Korea: an experimental vignette study, Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 55(4), 389-397.

Kim U-N, Ock M, Shin Y, Jo M-W, Lee JY, and Do YK. (2019). Conceptual constructs of patient centeredness: Perspective of patients and family members, Quality Improvement in Health Care, 25(2), 26-43.