The working group on the medical education system in the Japan Society for Medical Education had 2 meetings in 1997. In those meetings, members of the working group discussed on the following 4 problems related to the medical education;
1) System to accept the graduates of other departments (Gakushi) into medical school
2) Clinical professorship
3) Post-graduate universities
4) Education in the department of general medicine (Sogo-shinryo-bu)
The results of the discussions are reported.