Medical Schools In Japan Research Articles

Psychosomatic education in Japan

In the field of undergraduate education, there are eighty medical schools in Japan but only five of these have independent departments of psychosomatic medicine. Another seventeen schools have a curriculum including psychosomatic medicine. However, oriental psychotherapies such as fasting therapy, Naikan therapy and Morita therapy are taught in only a few schools. The postgraduate education is mainly promoted by the Japanese Psychosomatic Society which has about 1700 members including psychologists, nurses and social workers as well as medical doctors. The society has seven local branches throughout the country which hold one or two educational meetings per year as well as the Annual General Congress. Unfortunately, the growth of the Japanese psychosomatic movement has been fairly static over the last five years. The reasons are varied. Firstly, the Japanese economy has been affected by the recession and the Ministry of Education do not have the funds available to create any new psychosomatic departments in medical schools. The second reason lies with the general medical practitioners who fail to recognise the importance of psychosomatic medicine. In spite of such opposition our executive councillors are working hard to overcome these difficulties.

Passage of General Education in the Medical Schools in Japan (after the World War II)

Passage of General Education in the Medical Schools in Japan (after the World War II)

Passage of General Education in the Medical Schools in Japan (before the World War II)

Passage of General Education in the Medical Schools in Japan (before the World War II)

General Education in the Medical Schools in Japan and Other Countries

General Education in the Medical Schools in Japan and Other Countries

Workshops on Education at Medical School in Japan

Workshops on Education at Medical School in Japan

Medical Schools in Japan

Medical Schools in Japan

New Movements in Medical Education in Medical Schools in Japan

New Movements in Medical Education in Medical Schools in Japan

Introduction of curriculum of Jichi Medical School in Japan

Introduction of curriculum of Jichi Medical School in Japan

Medical schools in Japan.

To the Editor:— The INTERNATIONAL COMMENTS section ( 204 :281, 1968), which contains an otherwise accurate and excellent account of medical progress in Japan, reports the existence of only ten medical schools in all of Japan. Probably the statement was intended to refer only to the city of Tokyo, whose medical schools now number, not ten, but 11 (those of Jikeikai, Juntendo, Keio, Nippon, Showa, Toho, Tokyo, and Tokyo Medical and Dental Universities, as well as Nippon, Tokyo, and Tokyo Women's Medical Colleges). Actually, there are now at least 46 medical schools in Japan. Of these, 21 are components of socalled national universities, controlled and supported by the Ministry of Education in Tokyo; another 12, also public, are under the jurisdiction of municipalities, prefectures, or (in the case of Sapporo Medical College) Japan's one province, Hokkaido; the remaining 13 are privately operated (Zenkoku Gakko Soran [The Grand Review of All Schools

Construction and operation of a dog center building in a medical school in Japan.

Construction and operation of a dog center building in a medical school in Japan.