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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2020.11.11.345

Japan's Policy and Implications for Expansion of Doctoral Manpower  

Kwon, Ju-Young (Division of Health Medical Administration, Busan Kyungsang College)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.11, no.11, 2020 , pp. 345-352 More about this Journal
Abstract
Under "Emergency Doctor Security Act of 2007", Japanese government focuses on relocating doctors in medically underserved areas and matching supply and demand of manpower in order to resolve the ubiquity of specific treatment departments. Particularly, there are two alternatives to secure the number of local physicians and avoid the regional shortage of doctors in the short term. Firstly, the government attracts existing physicians to the region. Secondly, the government increases the capability of regional clinical training system to prevent the influx of doctors to the larger cities. Also, it seeks solutions from various perspectives, such as cultivating manpower to work in vulnerable areas through the regional frame system and autonomous medical college. This study introduces the case of Japan as a benchmark and suggests that policymakers should focus on the recent conflict between the government and the medical consultation. More specifically, this study provides policy implications on the alternative measures for securing the manpower of regional doctors.
Keywords
Local Doctor Ubiquity; Expansion of Public Doctors; Increased Medical College Students; Regional Frame System; Autonomous Medical College;
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