Rinsho Shinkeigaku (Clinical Neurology)

Committee Report

Questionnaire survey on the process of specialty training in neurology in Japan

Masahiro Sonoo, M.D.1), Kazutoshi Nishiyama, M.D.2), Tetsuo Ando, M.D.3), Katsuro Shindo, M.D.4), Takashi Kanda, M.D.5), Masashi Aoki, M.D.6), Satoshi Kamei, M.D.7), Seiji Kikuchi, M.D.8), Susumu Kusunoki, M.D.9), Norihiro Suzuki, M.D.10), Gen Sobue, M.D.11), Kenji Nakashima, M.D.12), Hideo Hara, M.D.13), Koichi Hirata, M.D.14), Hidehiro Mizusawa, M.D.15), Hiroyuki Murai, M.D.16), Miho Murata, M.D.17), Hideki Mochizuki, M.D.18), Ryosuke Takahashi, M.D.19) and Jun-ichi Kira, M.D.20)

1)Department of Neurology, Teikyo University School of Medicine
2)Department of Neurology, Kitasato University School of Medicine
3)Department of Neurology, Anjo Kosei Hospital
4)Department of Neurology, Kurashiki Central Hospital
5)Department of Neurology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
6)Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
7)Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine
8)Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Medical Center
9)Department of Neurology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine
10)Department of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine
11)Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
12)National Hospital Organization Matsue Medical Center
13)Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University
14)Department of Neurology, Dokkyo Medical University
15)National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
16)Department of Neurology, International University of Health and Welfare
17)National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
18)Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University
19)Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
20)Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyusyu University

Documentation of the current status of specialty training to become a neurologist in Japan would represent an important basis for constructing better neurology training program in the planned reform of the specialty training system in Japan. The committee for future neurology specialty system of Japanese Society of Neurology (JSN) conducted a questionnaire survey on the process of specialty training of each trainee for neurology in board-certified educational facilities and semi-educational facilities throughout Japan. The response rate was 46.2% in all facilities and 87.5% in medical universities. The training process of 905 trainees over 5 grades was clarified, which was estimated to be about 80% of all the relevant subjects. Specialty training dedicated to neurology was started at the 3rd year of residency in 87.8% of subjects. During the 3 years following junior residency, 51.3% of subjects ran the rotation training between university and city hospital, whereas 36.5% was trained within the same institution throughout the 3 years of training period.
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(CLINICA NEUROL, 57: 402|410, 2017)
key words: the Japanese Society of Neurology, specialty training for neurology, new specialty system, rotation training, questionnaire survey

(Received: 22-May-17)