| Evaluation of primary care practice in the University of Tokushima. | |
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PMID: 19763018 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The shortage of medical doctors is now a serious social problem in Japan. There are 2.1 physicians per 1000 residents in Japan, fewer than most other OECD countries. Tokushima Prefecture has the second highest population of medical doctors in Japan, but the shortage of medical doctors in rural areas was observed by an uneven distribution. Primary care practice was started in the education of clinical clerkship for 5th grade medical students of our university since July, 2008. They round a variety of hospitals, clinics and facilities for nursing-care during one week in Kaihu county where has a severe problem in the shortage of medical doctors in Tokushima Prefecture. In order to research the efficacy of the primary care practice, we have administered a questionnaire for medical students before and after the lecture and practice, and the intensity was estimated in each student by using visual analogue scale. The results showed that the practice was more meaningful in increasing the intensity for interest and passion for community medicine and medicine in remote area than the lecture. Our data indicate that it is important to prepare more courses to learn primary care and general medicine in our clinical practice system to continue the interest and passion in community medicine. |
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Authors:
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Kenji Tani; Takehiro Iwasaki; Shingo Kawaminami; Shino Yuasa; Atsuro Saijo |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Evaluation Studies; Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The journal of medical investigation : JMI Volume: 56 ISSN: 1349-6867 ISO Abbreviation: J. Med. Invest. Publication Date: 2009 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-09-18 Completed Date: 2009-12-14 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9716841 Medline TA: J Med Invest Country: Japan |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 81-7 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Community and Primary Care Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, the University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan. |
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Community Medicine
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manpower Education, Medical, Graduate Hospitals, University Humans Japan Medically Underserved Area Primary Health Care* / manpower Questionnaires |
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