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[Medical Professionalism as a Pivotal Goal in the Postgraduate Clinical Training].

Tsuguya Fukui
Published in: Yakugaku zasshi : Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (2024)
Postgraduate clinical training for physicians in Japan has been mandatory since 2004, with the provision that the system itself is to be revised every 5 years if necessary. Major revisions were implemented in 2020, involving the objectives, strategies, and evaluations of the clinical training program. Among the revisions was a section on professionalism in the first part of objectives. As one of the committee members involved in the process of this revision, I provide an explanation of the historical background, learning strategies, and assessment of professionalism in physician training.
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