A statement on the ten skills characteristic of exemplary Japanese hospitalist practice

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Recently, the role of general practice in hospitals has become as important as that of specialty practices in Japan. Some societies that are fostering a new field of hospitalists in Japan have discussed the ideal hospitalist, however, they have not yet come to agreement in determining the specific competencies of the profession. Therefore, between September 2019 and February 2020, six expert hospitalists proposed ten newly advocated skills characteristic of the Japanese hospitalist. We designed this statement based on a systematic narrative literature review. Further, we referred to the publications of the Society of Hospital Medicine, the Japan Primary Care Association, and the Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine. Our statement on the ten characteristic skills contains leadership, management skills, up-to-date medical knowledge, community-based comprehensive care, medical education, clinical research, and academic hospitalists as important keywords of the Japanese hospitalist. Therefore, this statement aims to guide young physicians to contribute to community health care stability and development in Japan. The highlighting of the characteristic skills of a hospitalist will result in an explicit role model for young physicians and set the framework for developing competency for people who are leaders in educating future physicians planning to become hospitalists.