A Survey on the Current State of Postgraduate Medical Ethics Education in Japan

To examine the present state of postgraduate ethics education for residents in Japan, we sent an anonymous self-administered questionnaire to the directors of all 640 hospitals in Japan with a registered postgraduate clinical residency program. A total of 258 hospitals returned the questionnaire (re...

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Published inIgaku Kyoiku / Medical Education (Japan) Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 215 - 220
Main Authors NAGAO, Noriko, TAKIMOTO, Yoshiyuki, AKABAYASHI, Akira, SHIRAHAMA, Masashi, OBAYASHI, Masayuki, MORISHITA, Naoki, SHOJI, Shin'ichi
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japan Society for Medical Education 25.08.2006
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ethics education
questionnaire study
resident teaching hospital
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Summary:To examine the present state of postgraduate ethics education for residents in Japan, we sent an anonymous self-administered questionnaire to the directors of all 640 hospitals in Japan with a registered postgraduate clinical residency program. A total of 258 hospitals returned the questionnaire (response rate: 40.3%). Of these hospitals, 69 (26.7%) had a program for ethics education and 189 (73.3%) did not. The presence of a program was strongly correlated with the number of hospital beds and a history of problems with ethics education. Respondents showed a high degree of awareness about such significant topics in ethics education as “informed consent, ” “patient privacy, ” “patient rights, ” and “physician duties.”
ISSN:0386-9644
2185-0453
DOI:10.11307/mededjapan1970.37.215