Japanese medical graduates are recommended to receive clinical training for more than two years after graduation, because undergraduate clinical training is insuffiicient.
In 1976 the committee of postgraduate clinical training proposed the objectives of basic clinical training after graduation of medical schoool and in 1981 the committee proposed the objectives for the first postgraduate year of training and the methods of clinical skill assessment.
We here present the revised objectives of basic clinical training after graduation of medical school.
It is emphasized that clinical trainees should have basic clinical skills of primary and emergency care during the two year training.
These clinical skills include interviewing techniques, skills in physical examination and interpretation of physical findings, laboratory skills, skills relating to diagnosis and managements, communication skills to other doctors and to other medical co-workers and terminal care.