What primary care physician teachers need to sustain community based education in Japan

Asia Pacific Family Medicine

Masaji Maezawa²  Hidenobu Kawabata¹  Manabu Murakami³ 

[1]Medical Education Development Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

[2]Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

[3]International Relations Office, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, North 15, West 7, 060-8638, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan

关键词: Non-monetary support;    Physician needs;    Workshop;    Semi-structured interview;    Community based education;   

Others  :  790404
DOI  :  10.1186/1447-056X-13-6

 received in 2013-04-24, accepted in 2014-04-21,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Community based education (CBE), defined as “a means of achieving educational relevance to community needs and, consequently, of implementing a community oriented educational program,” is reported to be useful for producing rural physicians in Western countries. However, why some physicians withdraw from their teaching roles is not well known, especially in Asian countries. The aim of this study was to clarify the requisites and obstacles for taking part in CBE.

Methods

We combined two steps: preliminary semi-structured interviews followed by workshop discussions. First of all, we interviewed four designated physicians (all male, mean age 48 years) working in one rural area of Japan, with less than 10,000 residents. Secondly, we held a workshop at the academic conference of the Japan Primary Care Association. Fourteen participants attending the workshop (seven male physicians, mean age 45 years, and seven medical students (one female and six male), mean age 24 years) were divided into two groups and their opinions were summarized.

Results

In the first stage, we extracted three common needs from interviewees; 1. Sustained significant human relationships; 2. Intrinsic motivation; and 3. Tangible rewards. In the second stage, we summarized three major problems from three different standpoints; A. Preceptors’ issues: more educational knowledge or skills, B. Learner issues: role models in rural areas, and C. System issues: supportive educational system for raising rural physicians.

Conclusions

Our research findings revealed that community physicians require non-monetary support or intrinsic motivation for their CBE activities, which is in accordance with previous Western studies. In addition, we found that system support, as well as personal support, is required. Complementary questionnaire surveys in other Asian countries will be needed to validate our results.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Murakami et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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