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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
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- Nakamura Koki
- Center for Medical Education and Career Development, Fukushima Medical University Fukushima Centre for General Physicians, Fukushima Medical University
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- Kanke Satoshi
- Fukushima Centre for General Physicians, Fukushima Medical University Department of General Internal Medicine and Family Medicine, Fukushima Medical University
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- Ishii Atsushi
- Kashima Hospital
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- Mori Fuyuto
- Kitakata Centre for Community and Family Medicine
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- Hoshi Goro
- Hoshi Yokozuka Clinic
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- Kanto Kanako
- Hobara Central Clinic
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- Toyoda Yoshihiro
- Fukushima Centre for General Physicians, Fukushima Medical University Department of General Internal Medicine and Family Medicine, Fukushima Medical University
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<p> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Conclusion:General practice/family medicine training provided the junior residents with the opportunity to experience a wide range of signs/symptoms and diseases/disorders.</p>
Journal
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- FUKUSHIMA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
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FUKUSHIMA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE advpub (0), 2025
THE FUKUSHIMA SOCIETY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
