Graduate schools of medicine in Japan: The status and problems of researcher training / 医学教育

1) Common training for the introduction of research and the elective and individual guidance for research should be devised in a manner attractive to graduate students of medicine.<BR>2) To train researchers, a graduate school of clinical medicine should be established as a professional school, separate from an ordinary graduate school.<BR>3) To promote basic medical sciences, the capacity of graduate schools of basic medical sciences should be reduced despite the number of teachers and the bold plan for the financial support of students.