A descriptive study of junior residents’ encounters with patients presenting various signs, symptoms, and diseases during initial postgraduate general practice/family medicine training in Japan

Background:In 2020, 29 signs/symptoms as well as 26 diseases/disorders to be encountered during initial postgraduate training were defined in Japan. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which junior residents can encounter the signs/symptoms and diseases/disorders during general...

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Published inFUKUSHIMA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE p. 24-00040
Main Authors Nakamura, Koki, Kanke, Satoshi, Ishii, Atsushi, Mori, Fuyuto, Hoshi, Goro, Kanto, Kanako, Toyoda, Yoshihiro
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan THE FUKUSHIMA SOCIETY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE 2025
Subjects
community medicine
family doctor
medical education
rural medicine
rural medicine
community medicine
medical education
family doctor
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Summary:Background:In 2020, 29 signs/symptoms as well as 26 diseases/disorders to be encountered during initial postgraduate training were defined in Japan. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which junior residents can encounter the signs/symptoms and diseases/disorders during general practice/family medicine training.Methods:Junior residents who participated in general practice/family medicine training for four weeks between 2019 and 2022 were:enrolled in the study. They were each assigned to one of five medical institutions with full-time family doctors in Fukushima Prefecture. The rate of participants who encountered each sign/symptom and disease/disorder, as well as the number of signs/symptoms and diseases/disorders each participant encountered, were defined as outcomes and analyzed descriptively.Results:Ninety junior residents participated in the study. More than half of the participants encountered 11 out of the 29 signs/symptoms, and each participant encountered an average of nine signs/symptoms. As for diseases/disorders, more than half of the participants encountered 11 out of the 26 diseases/disorders, with an average of 11 per participant.Conclusion:General practice/family medicine training provided the junior residents with the opportunity to experience a wide range of signs/symptoms and diseases/disorders.
ISSN:0016-2590
2185-4610
DOI:10.5387/fms.24-00040