Abstract
In Japan, graduates of medical schools since 2004 should receive medical education as a general practitioner for 2 years or more. This postgraduate education program has been revised by the Japanese Government and is administered by the Welfare and Labor Ministry. Before beginning this education program, the new selection system (Residency Electronic Information System : REIS) of the Foundation for Promotion Medical Training has been introduced to match medical students and hospitals with each other. This matching system permits every medical student to know the education program of each hospital on the Web site and to apply to every hospital approved by the Welfare and Labor Ministry. Conversely, hospitals can register medical students who will be acceptable. More than ninety-five percent of students have been matched to appropriate hospitals.
This spring, 124 doctors will be promoted to the next step of the postgraduate residency course such as postgraduate school, clinical specialty, advanced general practice and basic science in Juntendo University. We report an overview of the medical education for graduates of Juntendo University.
