Perception about Specialty Training among Palliative Care Physicians: A Qualitative Study

Junko Nozato; Akiko Tarumi; Yoshihisa Matsumoto; Tomohiro Nishi; Shingo Miyamoto; Yoshiyuki Kizawa; Tatsuya Morita; Masanori Mori

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Perception about Specialty Training among Palliative Care Physicians: A Qualitative Study

VernacularTitle:Perception about Specialty Training among Palliative Care Physicians: A Qualitative Study
Author: Junko NOZATO ¹ ; Akiko TARUMI ² ; Yoshihisa MATSUMOTO ³ ; Tomohiro NISHI ⁴ ; Shingo MIYAMOTO ⁵ ; Yoshiyuki KIZAWA ⁶ ; Tatsuya MORITA ⁷ ; Masanori MORI ²
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1. Department of Cancer Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
2. Palliative Care Team, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital
3. Department of Palliative Medicine, National Cancer Center Hospital East
4. Kawasaki Comprehensive Care Center, Kawasaki Municipal Ida Hospital
5. Department of Chemotherapeutics, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center
6. Department of Palliative Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
7. Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital
Keywords: palliative care physicians; training; content analysis; free description
From:Palliative Care Research 2018;13(2):175-179
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: Training system of palliative care in Japan has not been fully established, and young physicians’ needs for palliative care training are not nearly satisfied. We have recently conducted a nationwide survey to clarify unmet learning needs among Japanese physicians in specialty training in palliative care and the potential solutions they favored to meet those needs. Here we report findings of content analyses of free comments in the survey. Of 284 physicians, 253 (89%) responded, and 229 were eligible after we had excluded resident physicians with less than 2 years of clinical experience and board-certified palliative care physicians. The content analyses from 80 physicians (35%) identified 162 codes with respect to needs for improvement which were further classified into 24 subcategories and 9 categories (e.g., contents of subspecialty training, certified facilities, research capabilities, learning environment and methods, system of board certification, and networking). These findings may help improve specialty training in palliative care in Japan.