Contrasting Residency Training in Japan and the United States From Perspectives of Japanese Physicians Trained in Both Systems.

ABSTRACT:

Background

International medical graduates (IMGs) have significant exposure to clinical training in their home country, which provides opportunity for international comparison of training experiences. One relevant IMG population is Japanese physicians who have completed some training before entering residency programs in the United States and desire to improve medical education in Japan.

Objective

We examined Japanese IMGs' perceptions of the respective attributes of residency in the United States and Japan.

Methods

Individual semistructured interviews were conducted with 33 purposively sampled Japanese IMGs who had completed training. We used exploratory thematic analysis, iterative data collection, and thematic analyses with constant comparison.

Results

Comme

SUBMITTER: Heist BS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6697274 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature