1.The Fitness to Drive Assessment Program at Family Physicians' Clinic in Japan
Mamiko UKAI ; Tadao OKADA ; Takuya HIGASHI ; Yusuke KANAKUBO ; Ryota TAKAHASHI
An Official Journal of the Japan Primary Care Association 2022;45(3):97-101
We have conducted driving fitness evaluations for post-illness patients in our clinic since 2008. Many patients expressed a desire to resume driving; thus, primary care physicians and rehabilitation staff collaborated to establish an evaluation system. We conducted cognitive dysfunction evaluation, driving simulator evaluation, and evaluation at driving schools. Among 160 patients, we evaluated 87 to be fit to drive, and eight to be unfit. We describe the significance and challenges of assessing patients' driving aptitude in primary care.
2.6. Postgraduate Training and CME : Nijiiro Doctors Initiative
Eriko YOSHIDA ; Yusuke KANAKUBO ; Nozomi KUBOTA ; Yuki SAKAI ; Hiromitsu YAMASHITA
Medical Education 2023;54(1):35-40
Nijiiro Doctors offered a six-month LGBTQ healthcare training course for physicians in their third year of post-graduate studies or above, with the goal of implementing practice at their institutions. In addition to lectures, the course included dialogues with LGBTQ individuals, role-plays in which the LGBTQ individuals played the role of mock patients and reviews in small groups in each session.