Teaching Ambulatory Care Medicine in Japan: A Nationwide Survey
- VernacularTitle:卒前・卒後外来診療教育の実施状況に関する全国調査
- Author:
Yuko TAKEDA
;
Junji OTAKI
;
Shinji MATSUMURA
;
Yoshikazu TASAKA
;
Toshio NAKAMURA
;
Sakai IWASAKI
;
Tsuguya FUKUI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
ambulatory-care medicine;
primary care;
medical education;
residency training;
teaching hospital
- From:Medical Education
2003;34(4):245-249
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
Teaching ambulatory-care medicine is essential for primary-care education. However, few studies of ambulatory-care training have been done in the past decade. We performed a nationwide survey to examine whether and how ambulatory medicine is taught to medical students and residents. We sent questionnaires to all medical schools (n=80) and accredited teaching hospitals (n=389) in February 2001. The response rates were 83.3% and 79.2%, respectively. Fifty-one (78.5%) of the 65 medical schools provided ambulatory-care education, although the programs varied considerably from school to school. Only 104 teaching hospitals (26.7%) had an ambulatory-care training program.
