Status Quo of General Medicine at Teaching Hospitals in Japan. Report by General Medicine Working Group of Japan Society for Medical Education.
- VernacularTitle:わが国の教育病院における総合診療の現状 『総合診療に関する現状調査アンケート』報告
- Author:
Tsuguya FUKUI
;
Takanobu IMANAKA
;
Makoto AOKI
;
Junji OHTAKI
;
Nobutaro BAN
;
Tadashi MATSUMURA
;
Shigeaki MUKOHBARA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
general medicine;
teaching hospital;
questionnaire survey
- From:Medical Education
1997;28(1):9-17
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
In April, 1995, 392 teaching hospitals were surveyed by questionnaire regarding status quo of general medicine in Japan. Independent department of general medicine was established in 11 university and 16 non-university teaching hospitals (11.6% of the respondents). There were another 23 hospitals-3 universtiy and 20 non-university hospitals-in which general medicine was practiced at other department. Therefore, 50 hospitals (21.5% of the respondents) had a group of physicians practicing general medicine in one way or another.
Many problems surrounding general medicine, however, were raised, especially about conceptual gaps between generalist physicians and specialists or patients. It is mandatory for clinicians and educators in general medicine to make the concept of general medicine explicit in understandable words for other specialists and lay people. In addition, high quality practice, education and research products are essential to attract more doctors of younger generation.
