A study of the distribution of board-certified specialists in emergency medicine at accredited training hospitals for postgraduate education

1) We compiled lists of accredited training hospitals for postgraduate education from the matching program list and of hospitals that employ board-certified specialists in emergency medicine.We then evaluated the number of training hospitals that employ board-certified specialists. 2) There are 1072...

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Published inIgaku Kyoiku / Medical Education (Japan) Vol. 39; no. 5; pp. 325 - 327
Main Authors MORIMOTO, Takeshi, HIRAIDE, Atsushi, KURAMOTO, Nobuo, MAEDA, Yuko, KUBOTA, Yoshie, SEKI, Susumu, ITO, Toshiyuki, KITADA, Miyabi
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japan Society for Medical Education 25.10.2008
Subjects
clinical training
emergency medicine
emergency-medicine specialist
postgraduate education
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ISSN0386-9644
2185-0453
DOI10.11307/mededjapan1970.39.325

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Summary:1) We compiled lists of accredited training hospitals for postgraduate education from the matching program list and of hospitals that employ board-certified specialists in emergency medicine.We then evaluated the number of training hospitals that employ board-certified specialists. 2) There are 1072 accredited hospitals for postgraduate education. However, only 546 (50.8%) of these hospitals employ board-certified specialists in emergency medicine. 3) Accredited training hospitals with emergency-medicine specialists are prevalent in Okinawa, Tokushima, and Kagawa prefectures.However, the prevalence of these hospitals is surprisingly low in metropolitan areas.
ISSN:0386-9644
2185-0453
DOI:10.11307/mededjapan1970.39.325