徳島大学における地域医療に貢献する医師の育成

The shortage of medical doctors is now a severe social problem in Japan. Tokushima Prefecture has the third highest population of medical doctors in Japan in ２０１２, but the shortage of doctors in rural areas was severely seen by an uneven distribution. Primary care practice was started in the education of clinical clerkship for medical students of our university since July,２００８. They have rounded a variety of medical facilities during one week mainly in the south of Tokushima Prefecture. Since the practice increased the passion of medical students in working at community medicine and medicine in remote area, it is important to prepare more courses to learn primary care and general medicine in our clinical practice system to continue the interest and passion in community medicine. Moreover, it is important that we made the educational system for general medicine which connects before and after the graduation.