The Current Status of the Medical Specialist Certification System in Japan
- VernacularTitle:わが国の専門医認定制度の現状
- Author:
Osamu SAKAI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
postgraduate medical training system;
medical specialist;
medical specialist certification system;
Japanese Board of Medical Specialties
- From:Medical Education
2004;35(3):171-175
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
The postgraduate medical training system will officially start the initial clinical training this year, but the subsequenttraining of medical specialists is left, as a matter of fact, to the independence of medical scientific societies which certifiesmedical specialists. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved in spring 2002 the advertisement ofmedical specialists certified by societies under certain conditions as an alleviating measure of the medical advertisementregulations. The Japanese Board of Medical Specialties comprising from medical scientific societies that participate inthe Japanese Association of Medical Sciences and own a medical specialist certification system, is asking cooperationfrom medical societies in order to foster the respectable medical specialists and establish a medical specialist system.However, many problem awaiting solution have been pointed out in the current medical specialist certification system.For fostering high quality medical specialists, the Japanese Board of Medical Specialties needs to be functioning as athird party.
