Emergency care by Japan Primary Care Association certified family physician
Yokobayashi, K.; Tazuma, S.
Nihon Rinsho. Japanese Journal of Clinical Medicine 74(2): 221-224
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 0047-1852 PMID: 26915242 Document Number: 689826
The Japan Primary Care Association has certified family physicians to play a key role in emergency care. During the family medicine program, family physicians train how to treat mild to moderate emergency symptoms for at least three months at a hospital in which more than one thousand patients are transported by ambulance a year. After the three-year program, they can provide not only emergency care for citizens but also emergency care education for trainee doctors. There will be a greater need for certified family physicians because they have a vital mission to protect the health of local communities by associating with several departments, including the emergency department.