Residency and career satisfaction among Anglo-American model emergency medicine residents in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The number of institutions providing Anglo-American model emergency medicine has increased with the rise in its social demand in Japan. The ER Committee of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine has introduced a residency model for use in Japanese hospitals that have adopted the Anglo-American emergency medicine model. Despite the critical importance of its quality, no studies have examined Japanese emergency medicine residents' level of satisfaction with their training. This study investigated their residency and career satisfaction, and factors associated with satisfaction.

Methods

We developed a cross-sectional, anonymous survey. Data were obtained from 67 Anglo-American model emergency medicine residents in Japan in February 2010. Data were analyzed with factor

SUBMITTER: Hagiwara Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6042443 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature