RESUMO
This research was carried out to review the current state of thinga involving trainees (students and business workers) accepted by Anjo-Kosei Hospital and to clarify the role the Education Center in our hospital is expected to play in supporting trainees. The subjects were medical and non-medical students and business workers who signedup for our internship program and junior and senior high school students who paticipated in the hands-on training program at Anjo-Kosei Hospital between April 2006 and March 2009. A total of about 1,300 students and business workers had experienced the actual hands-on work each year. The number of medical students accepted was 289, 289, and 339 in 2006, 2007, and 2008, respectively. Besides, the number of non-medical students also increased from 847 to 1,045 in the period of three years. The business workers accepted came from 15 different types of occupation. It was found that junior and senior high school students were interested in the nursing-care field and this seemed to help them consider seriously their life as students and members of society, leading to the increased number of students who joined our program. In addition, unfortunately, two-fifths of the program were unfavorable for trainees because of poor management. The present research suggested that the Education Center take on a signification role in managing the internship and the hands-on training programs to accelerate the potential of students and business workers.