Education of General Medicine. Postgraduate Education of General Medicin. Board Certification in Internal Medicine and Educational Program of General Medicine in the Context of Resurgenece of Primary Care in Japan / 医学教育

ABSTRACT

Both specialties of general internal medicine and general medicine have been launched at university hospitals and accredited teaching hospitals in 1970's in Japan. Although both were intended to embody holistic medicine in the era of progressive fragmentation of medicine, the former was the attempt from the very center of excessive fragmentation of internal medicine and the latter, request from the general public seeking for more general approach. The future development of both primary care oriented specialties depend on the realization of quality general practice attracting young physicians of next generation into these fields.<BR>Current curriculums employed in both specialty education are driving the shift of the site of clinical education, i. e., from ward to ambulatory clinic.