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The Japan-Korea Workshop on Acupuncture and EBM is an academic exchange between the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (JSAM) and the Korean Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medical Society (KAMMS). The theme of the 9th and 10th Workshop was clinical practice guidelines (CPG). Three Korean and two Japanese speakers presented in the 9th Workshop held at Osaka, and two in each country did in the 10th at Jecheon, Korea. Since Korea has already developed some Korean Medicine CPGs, the present state and protocols for improvement process were reported. On the other hand, Japan has not developed such CPGs on acupuncture. The Japanese speakers therefore presented results of a survey on Japanese CPGs that include “acupuncture-moxibustion” as a treatment option and quality assessment of those CPGs. Although there are some differences on circumstances surrounding acupuncture practice between Japan and Korea, it was a good opportunity to obtain useful information for developing CPG on acupuncture in Japan and to discuss on this issue with Korean researchers preceding in this area. We reaffirmed the need for continued academic exchange between JSAM and KAAMS.
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Members of Japan Society for Medical Education have various background. Some of them have chosen medical education as their specialty. Others specialize in a particular clinical fields and apply their knowledge to medical education. In this manuscript, I propose a survey be done for future collaboration on the background of members and established subcommittees. It is very important to maintain cooperation between medical education and clinical or basic medicine to provide effective education for under graduate students, residents and life-long learners. In the annual conference I propose to establish a program to study medical education systematically, show milestones and overcome language barriers for learner centered education.
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After the background, main contents and paper writers of the medical journal Yi Chao founded in Nanjing during the late period of Republic of China were analyzed with stress laid on its characteristics of nursing experiences and surgical treatment procedures for diseases, its historical values in studying the debate on traditional Chinese and Western medicine and the history of public health and medical cause during the period of Republic of China were elaborated.
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We performed a survey to assess the positions and activities of Japanese women physicians in medical societies. In June 2000, questionnaires were sent to 92 medical societies of the Japanese Association of Medical Science. The response rate was 92.4%. Fifty-four societies (63.5%) failed to provide the number of women physicians. According to the questionnaires that were fully completed and returned, women physicians were more likely to belong to societies of internal medicine, pediatrics, ophthalmology and dermatology. Women physicians were less likely to hold board positions and were underrepresented in leadership positions, even in societies with high percentages of women members. Board positions failed to provide for maternity or child-care leave, and few societies offered childcare facilities at annual meetings. Gender-disaggregated data should be made readily available and additional surveys need to be made to identify obstacles to activities in medical societies.
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Medical societies, which boast the elite of the medical circles, have not only important historic missions but also great advantages in public health advancement. For this reason, their role in the following aspects ought to be brought into greater play: stepping up research on the situation and trends of public health advancement; intensifying perspective study on the prevention and treatment abroad of infectious diseases; reinforcing health education for all people; carrying out continuing medical education with regard to seasonal infectious diseases; offering prevention and treatment guidance in public health via long distance consultation networks; and making concerted efforts in tackling key problems by making use of quality human resources.