Community Health and Medicine as a Reguired Course in Postgraduate Clinical Training / 医学教育

In the second year of the new postgraduate clinical training program, “ Community Health and Medicine” is a required course. I highly recommend that clinics, which are medical facilities familiar and close to people in the community, be used for the study of comprehensive services, i. e., primary care. The current status of the primary care training of physicians overseas, the history of the Japanese Medical Society of Primary Care, and the “Report on Graduate Education for Domiciliary Medicine (Home Care)” of the Japanese Society of Medical Education all emphasize the advantages of clinics for training in community medicine. Aspects of the functions of clinics are explained in respect to outpatient and home care.