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ID 118203
Title Alternative
総合診療医を志す医学生の僻地医療に対する意思について : 他の専門医との比較
Remote medicine and medical students
Author
Kawahito, Keisuke Tokushima University
Nakanishi, Yoshinori Tokushima University
Kawaminami, Shingo Tokushima University
Okura, Yoshihiro Tokushima University
Keywords
general medicine
general practitioner
medicine in remote area
medical students
Content Type
Thesis or Dissertation
Description
Geographic maldistribution of physicians is a serious problem in Japan, resulting in a few physicians in remote areas. We distributed questionnaires to 396 medical students at Tokushima University from 2013 to 2016. We examined the intensity of medical students toward medicine in remote areas by using a visual analog scale and investigated what medical specialty they chose after two years of clinical training. The intensity of interest in medicine and the intensity of willingness to contribute to it in remote areas were statistically higher among medical students who intended to choose general medicine. After graduation, only five participants chose to specialize in general medicine. Of the 14 medical students who originally chose general medicine, six chose internal medicine, three chose general medicine, and the others chose surgery, neurosurgery, anesthesiology, orthopedics, or emergency medicine. This study demonstrated that medical students who intend to choose general medicine have a higher intensity of willingness to contribute to medicine in remote areas, indicating that the support program for these students to become general practitioners after graduation increases the number of physicians in remote areas.
Journal Title
The Journal of Medical Investigation
ISSN
13496867
13431420
NCID
AA11166929
Publisher
Tokushima University Faculty of Medicine
Volume
70
Issue
1-2
Start Page
129
End Page
134
Sort Key
129
Published Date
2023-02
Remark
内容要旨・審査要旨・論文本文の公開
本論文は,著者Keisuke Kawahitoの学位論文として提出され,学位審査・授与の対象となっている。
DOI (Published Version)
URL ( Publisher's Version )
FullText File
language
eng
TextVersion
ETD
MEXT report number
甲第3697号
Diploma Number
甲医第1566号
Granted Date
2023-03-23
Degree Name
Doctor of Medical Science
Grantor
Tokushima University
departments
Medical Sciences
University Hospital