Training World-class Family Medicine Specialists!!

1. Training World-class Family Medicine Specialists!! Shizuoka Family Medicine (SFM) Training Program

2. 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.

3. SFM Program’s 8 Features ❶ Supported by the Local Government • A family medicine training program managed by two cities and one town of Shizuoka Prefecture (Iwata-City, Kikugawa-City, and Mori-Town) ❷Excellent Training and Teaching System • Excellent training and teaching system that produces family medicine specialists who can provide care of wide breadth and of high quality ❸Supported by the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan • 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. ❹ Training World-class Family Physicians • 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. ❺ Training Family Medicine Specialists Who can Effectively Provide Care in the Community • 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 ❻ Excellent Training Environment • Training in family medicine clinic • Training in 2 community hospitals and 1 regional hospital ❼Family Friendly Residency Program • 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. ❽ Continuous Training from Preliminary Residency through Advanced Training Available • Possible to do preliminary residency training at Iwata City Hospital, and continue seamlessly in specialty training in the family medicine specialist course

4. Shizuoka (Iwata-City・Kikugawa-City・Mori-Town) Family Medicine Training Project Shizuoka Prefecture The Iwata-City, Kikugawa-City, Mori-Town Family Medicine Training Liaison Council Iwata-City Iwata City Hospital ************** Kikugawa-City Kikugawa General Hospital ************** Mori-Town Morimachi Public Hospital University of Michigan Family Medicine Training Project Board Secretariat in Iwata City Hospital Family Medicine Training Program Committee Japan Institute of Family Medicine (General Inc. Foundation)

5. Shizuoka Family Medicine Training Program Staff Leadership Program 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） YoshiariUchibori（PGY 3, graduate of Mie University) Hironobu Nakane（PGY 3, graduate of Aichi Medical University） Shinji Tsunawaki（PGY 3, graduate of Yamaguchi University）

6. 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.

7. Family Medicine Specialist That SFM Strives To Train Primary Emergency Medical Care Group Practice Home Care Pediatric Care Adult and Elderly Medical Care Ob/Gyn Care

8. System of Training with 3 Hospital Cooperation in Shizuoka Prefecture Iwata City Hospital Acute Care, Secondary～Tertiary Emergency Care Obstetrics 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). University of Michigan （Short-term Training in the US） Kikugawa General Hospital, Kikugawa Family Health Center Family Medicine Outpatient Training, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Care for Kokoro(mind) Health Check-ups, and Inpatient Care Morimachi Public Hospital & Morimachi Family Health Center Family Medicine Outpatient Training, Home Medical Care, Health Check-ups, andInpatient Care After completion Group Practice at the Family Health Center

9. 家庭医療専門医養成プログラム Family Medicine Specialty Training Curriculum

10. Family Medicine Center and Community Health Network Small-scale, multifunctional facilities Group Home Family Health Center Key Regional Hospital Activity Center Family Health Center 20 Open Bed Prevention ・Medical Care Emergency Outpatient Support Initial emergency outpatient Care Home Nursing Station Community Clinial Pass Cooperation of diagnosis and treatment Private Practitioner Home care Private Practitioner Private Practitioner Home for the aged