[Requirements of Training Facilities for New Medical Specialist System].

Abstract

The Japanese Medical Specialty Board is now reforming the medical specialist system. This article describes the requirements of training facilities, comprising one of the biggest modifications to the current medical specialty standard. The new medical specialty standard which the Japanese Medical Specialty Board is aiming to create has been designed based on psychiatric characteristics while considering other specialty fields. The major distinction from the old specialist system is that training is not completed at only one institution but at several, with the main training facility and some partner facilities making up a group. The new medical specialty standard is described in the text, which the Japanese Society of Neurology and Psy- chiatry (JSPN) medical specialty training facility committee drew up, and it has already been approved by the Japanese Medical Specialty Board. There are seven conditions a main training facility is expected to fulfill and three conditions for a partner training facility to meet the stan- dards. This paper introduces new requirements of training facilities and groups of training facilities for the new standards. Details on the new medical specialty standard are being posted on the JSPN website, and I strongly recommend that you view the site and gain a thorough understanding of the new medical specialty standard.