Training World-class Family Medicine Specialists!!

Shizuoka Family Medicine (SFM) Training Program

The Shizuoka Family Medicine Training Program is a world-class family physician training program that prepares family physicians who can work especially in group practice. We strive to train family medicine specialists who can be a primary care physician for the entire family, revive community health, and effectively provide care in the super-aging society.

SFM Program’s 8 Features• A family medicine training program managed by two cities and one town of Shizuoka

Prefecture (Iwata-City, Kikugawa-City, and Mori-Town)❶ Supported by the Local Government

• Excellent training and teaching system that produces family medicine specialists who can provide care of wide breadth and of high quality

❷ Excellent Training and Teaching System

• SFM has the support of Dr. Michael Fetters and the other attending physicians at the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan (UM) for training SFM residents. UM Family Medicine was ranked 3rd in the US in 2009 for its excellence and its national reputation in family medicine.

• Program residents have the opportunity to participate in family medicine training and Continuing Medical Education courses at UM.

❸ Supported by the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan

•SFM trains skilled family medicine specialists who can provide care not only of internal medicine and home visits, but also of the wide breadth as in the US so they can serve as a primary care physician for the entire family. Training breadth includes internal medicine, psychosomatic medicine, pediatric medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, surgery, orthopedic medicine, dermatology and emergency medicine.

❹ Training World-class Family Physicians

• Physicians who can work especially in a group practice, not in a solo practice. • Physicians who can support the elderly to “age well” (aging healthy with a purpose in life) and “age

in place” (aging while living a life of your own in a familiar place)• Physicians who can contribute to revival of community healthcare by providing inpatient care to

patients utilizing open access system and providing up to level 1.5 emergency medical care

❺ Training Family Medicine Specialists Who can Effectively Provide Care in the Community

• Training in family medicine clinic• Training in 2 community hospitals and 1 regional hospital

❼ Family Friendly Residency Program

• Possible to do preliminary residency training at Iwata City Hospital, and continue seamlessly in specialty training in the family medicine specialist course

❽ Continuous Training from Preliminary Residency through Advanced Training Available

❻ Excellent Training Environment

• SFM provides training curriculum considerate of female physicians’ needs and helps with the placement of their children in day care so they can be trained to be family medicine specialists.

Shizuoka Prefecture

The Iwata-City, Kikugawa-City, Mori-Town Family Medicine Training Liaison Council

Family Medicine Training Project Board

Secretariat in Iwata City HospitalFamily Medicine

Training Program Committee

University of

Michigan

Japan Institute of

Family Medicine

(General Inc. Foundation)

Iwata-CityIwata City Hospital**************

Kikugawa-CityKikugawa General

Hospital**************

Mori-TownMorimachi Public

Hospital

Shizuoka (Iwata-City ・ Kikugawa-City ・ Mori-Town)

Family Medicine Training Project

Shizuoka Family Medicine Training Program Staff

LeadershipProgram Director, General Attending Physician ： Tsukasa Tsuda （ Professors Emeritus of Mie University)

Attending Physician: Kiyoshi Sano （ Former Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan ）

Attending Physician: Yosuke Fujioka （ Former Clinical Lecturer, Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan ）

Attending Physician: Keiichiro Narumoto （ Former Faculty Development Fellow, Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh ）

Supervisor of Hospital Training ：Masahiko Terada （ Assistant Hospital Director, Iwata City

Hospital ）Hajime Futami （ Assistant Hospital Director, Kikugawa General

Hospital ）　　　　　　　　　　　 Masaki Nakamura (Hospital Director, Morimachi Public Hospital ）

Residents Tomohiro Arai: （ PGY 3, graduate of Yamanashi Medical University ） Yoshiari Uchibori （ PGY 3, graduate of Mie University) Hironobu Nakane （ PGY 3, graduate of Aichi Medical University ）　 Shinji Tsunawaki （ PGY 3, graduate of Yamaguchi University ）

Collaboration with the University of Michigan•Dr. Michael Fetters and other attending physicians at the Department of Family Medicine at the

University of Michigan (UM) provide training support for SFM residents. •UM Family Medicine was ranked 3rd in the US in 2009 for its excellence and its national

reputation in family medicine. • SFM residents have the opportunity to participate in family medicine training and Continuing

Medical Education courses at UM.

Family Medicine Specialist That SFM Strives To Train

Group PracticePrimary Emergency Medical Care

Pediatric Care

Adult and Elderly Medical Care

Home Care

Ob/Gyn Care

System of Training with 3 Hospital Cooperation in Shizuoka Prefecture

Iwata City Hospital Acute Care,

Secondary ～ Tertiary Emergency CareObstetrics and Gynecology Care,

Pediatric Care, other specialty care (See continuity Family Medicine patients

once a week (Half Day Back) in Kikugawa and Morimachi Family Health Center).

Morimachi Public Hospital &

Morimachi Family Health CenterFamily Medicine Outpatient Training,

Home Medical Care, Health Check-ups, and Inpatient Care

Kikugawa General Hospital,

Kikugawa Family Health CenterFamily Medicine Outpatient Training,

Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Care for Kokoro (mind)

Health Check-ups, and Inpatient Care

University of Michigan

（ Short-term Training in the US ）

Group Practice at the Family Health CenterAfter completion

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Family Medicine Specialty Training Curriculum

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Specialized training

Orientation

Family Medicine Internal Medicine Surgery Pediatrics ・ NICU

Obstetrics Gynecology

1st Year Ultrasonography, (ER) Half day back 、 ＥＲ training

Half day back Pediatric ER

Half day backGynecology ER

Specialized training

Internal Medicine1

Internal Medicine2

InternalMedicine3 Orthopedics Obstetri

cs Family Medicine Pediatrics

2nd Year Endoscopy, Half day back 、ER training

Half day back 、 ER, Obstetric ER

Endoscopy, (ER) Half day back, ER, Pediatrics Department ER

Specialized training Family Medicine

3rd Year Psychiatry(2/week) Radiology(1week)

Dermatology Urology (2/week)

OphthalmologyOtolaryngology(2/week) Elective

Home for the aged

Activity Center

Group Home

Family Health Center

Key Regional Hospital

20 Open Bed

Prevention ・ Medical Care

Emergency Outpatient

Support

Private Practitioner

Private Practitioner

Private Practitioner

Small-scale, multifunctional

facilities

Community Clinial Pass

Home Nursing Station

Family Health Center

Cooperation of diagnosis and

treatmentHome care

Family Medicine Center and Community Health Network

Initial emergency outpatient

Care