Long-term impact of undergraduate community-based clinical training on community healthcare practice in Japan: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community-based medical education (CBME) has been evolving globally. However, the long-term impacts of CBME programs on career intention are ambiguous. Therefore, this study aimed to reveal the long-term impact of community-based clinical training (CBCT) such as CBME programs in Japan on current community healthcare (CH) practice.

Methods

This cross-sectional study targeted physicians who had graduated from Kobe University School of Medicine between 1998 and 2004 and had over 15 years' experience after graduation. Self-administered questionnaires were mailed to participants between September and November 2019. Of the 793 potential subjects, 325 questionnaires were undeliverable. A total of 468 questionnaires substantially sent to the subjects. The exposure was the

SUBMITTER: Yahata S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7528470 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature