Open AccessWillingness to Select Initial Clinical Training Hospitals Among Medical Students at a Rural University in Japan: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s) -
Shun Yamashita,
Masaki Tago,
Midori Tokushima,
Sei Emura,
Shizuya Yamashita
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
advances in medical education and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-7258
DOI - 10.2147/amep.s374852
Subject(s) - salary , cross sectional study , family medicine , medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , logistic regression , economic shortage , medical education , nursing , government (linguistics) , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , political science , law
Many countries will be aged societies by 2060. As a super-aged society, Japan may offer a valuable reference point. The number of medical residents and doctors working at university hospitals in Japan has halved since 2004, resulting in serious shortages of doctors in rural areas. This study clarified factors influencing medical students to choose university hospitals as facilities for their initial training or to only choose community hospitals.