Competencies necessary for becoming a leader in the field of community medicine: a Japanese qualitative interview study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To clarify competencies for inclusion in our curriculum that focuses on developing leaders in community medicine. DESIGN:Qualitative interview study. SETTING:All six regions of Japan, including urban and rural areas. PARTICIPANTS:Nineteen doctors (male: 18, female: 1) who play an important leadership role in their communities participated in semistructured interviews (mean age 48.3 years, range 34-59; mean years of clinical experience 23.1 years, range 9-31). METHOD:Semistructured interviews were held and transcripts were independently analysed and coded by the first two authors. The third and fourth authors discussed and agreed or disagreed with the results to give a consensus agreement. Doctors were recruited by maximum variation sampling until thematic saturation was achieved

SUBMITTER: Kainuma M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5905755 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature