Questionnaire Analysis of Early Postgraduate Clinical Training of 6th-Year Medical Students at Chiba University School of Medicine / 医学教育

A questionnaire analysis of early postgraduate clinical training of 6th-year medical students was conducted for 3 consecutive years. After graduation, 32% of the students wished to become family physicians, 58% wished to become specialists, and 9% wished to become other types of doctors. The type of postgraduate clinical training most often considered ideal was superrotation, followed by rotation and straight track. Superrotation should be introduced to junior residents during postgraduate clinical training as should a variety of subspecialty training courses for specialists, including family medicine for senior residents.