An Ideal System of Medical Specialties requested by the Japanese Board of Medical Specialties(<SPECIAL ISSUE>Social Environment Surrounding Neurosurgery)

Abstract

The Japanese Board of Medical Specialties requests that medical societies, including the Japan Neurosurgical Society, reform their medical specialties systems in order to guarantee the quality of medical specialties. The standardization of training institutes, training guidelines and requalification processes is an essential part of the reformation. In addition, determing how many the Japan Neurosurgical Society certified neurosurgeons should be stationed to practice neurosurgery throughout the country is required.