The current education program in all medical schools in Japan / 医学教育

<p>　The education program in all medical schools in Japan has been studied and analyzed every 2 years since 1974 by the curriculum committee of the Association of Japan Medical Colleges. Based on the most recent analysis in 2015, the marked innovation of medical education, such as an integrated curriculum, active learning, and clinical clerkship, was recognized.</p>

Clinical Significance of Home Blood Pressure and Its Possible Practical Application

This review represents the clinical significance of home blood pressure (BP) and its possible practical application. Home BP is highly reproducible and its reproducibility is better than ambulatory BP. According to this feature home BP has a greater prognostic value at least than clinic BP and is extremely effective for the evaluation of drug effects and their duration. The introduction of home BP to the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension facilitates long-term BP control. Home BP is particularly important for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in diabetes mellitus, pregnancy, children and renal diseases. Home BP measurements improve the adherence to medications and medical consultations, and are indispensable for diagnosis of white coat hypertension and masked hypertension. Such efficiency of home BP improves medical economy. Home BP can detect minimal charge in BP mediated by medication, and intrinsic and extrinsic stimuli and detect long-term change in BP. Thus, home BP is now indispensable for improvement in the management of hypertension in medical practice as well as for the recognition of hypertension in the general population. Standardization of the measurement procedure may elevate the position of home BP in the practice of diagnosing and treating hypertension.

Epidemiological Study of Malignant Tumors in the Oral and Maxillofacial Region - Survey of Member Institutions of the Japanese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 2002

We studied 1809 oral cancer patients who visited and were treated in 2002 at the 148 institutions certified as training facilities by the Japanese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, which is composed of 39 dental university hospitals, 44 medical university hospitals, 64 general hospitals, and 1 unknown institution. The patients consisted of 1071 (59.2 %) males and 738 (40.8 %) females (male:female ratio, 1.45:1), who had a mean age of 65.2 years old. The tongue (40.2 %) was the most common site affected, followed by the gingiva (32.7 %), buccal mucosa (10.1 %), and oral floor (9.0 %). There were 6 cases of intraoral multiple cancer. In histopathological examinations, squamous cell carcinoma (88.7 %) was the most common type found, followed by adenoid cystic carcinoma (2.1 %), and mucoepidermoid carcinoma (1.7 %). In addition, non-epithelial tumors comprised 1.8 % , among which malignant melanoma was the most common type. Cases classified as T2N0 were the most common (32.1 %), followed by T1N0 (21.4 %), T4N0 (8.0 %), and T2N1 (7.6 %). Distant metastasis occurred in 17 patients (1.0 %). The sizes of the non-epithelial malignant tumors ranged from 1.0 to 7.0 cm, with a mean size of 3.7 cm.

Epidemiological Study of Malignant Tumors in the Oral and Maxillofacial Region - Survey of Member Institutions of the Japanese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 2002

We studied 1809 oral cancer patients who visited and were treated in 2002 at the 148 institutions certified as training facilities by the Japanese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, which is composed of 39 dental university hospitals, 44 medical university hospitals, 64 general hospitals, and 1 unknown institution. The patients consisted of 1071 (59.2 %) males and 738 (40.8 %) females (male:female ratio, 1.45:1), who had a mean age of 65.2 years old. The tongue (40.2 %) was the most common site affected, followed by the gingiva (32.7 %), buccal mucosa (10.1 %), and oral floor (9.0 %). There were 6 cases of intraoral multiple cancer. In histopathological examinations, squamous cell carcinoma (88.7 %) was the most common type found, followed by adenoid cystic carcinoma (2.1 %), and mucoepidermoid carcinoma (1.7 %). In addition, non-epithelial tumors comprised 1.8 % , among which malignant melanoma was the most common type. Cases classified as T2N0 were the most common (32.1 %), followed by T1N0 (21.4 %), T4N0 (8.0 %), and T2N1 (7.6 %). Distant metastasis occurred in 17 patients (1.0 %). The sizes of the non-epithelial malignant tumors ranged from 1.0 to 7.0 cm, with a mean size of 3.7 cm.