Educational environment of university and non-university hospitals in Japan.docVIP

International Journal of Medical Education. 2010; 1:10-14 ISSN: 2042-6372 DOI: 10.5116/ijme.4ba1.4034 Educational environment of university and non- university hospitals in Japan Yasuharu Tokuda , Eiji Goto , Junji Otaki , Joshua Jacobs , Fumio Omata , Mina Shapiro , 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Kumiko Soejima , Yasushi Ishida , Sachiko Ohde , Osamu Takahashi , Tsuguya Fukui 1 2 3 4 5 Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan Department of Medical Education and Behavioral Medicine, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Japan Department of Medical Education, Tokyo Medical University, Japan University of Hawaii, John A Burns School of Medicine, USA Center for Clinical Epidemiology, St. Luke’s Life Science Institute, St. Luke’s International Hospital, Japan Correspondence: Yasuharu Tokuda, Department of Medicine, Mito Medical Center, University of Tsukuba, Japan. E-mail: tokuyasu@orange.ocn.ne.jp Accepted: March 17, 2010 Abstract Objectives: The greater satisfaction of residents in non- university hospitals in Japan found in a previous survey may reflect a better educational environment in these hospitals compared to university hospitals. We aimed to compare the educational environment of university hospitals and non- university hospitals. 149 (mean, 102) for 255 non-university hospitals. The PHEEM score was significantly higher for non-university hospitals compared to university hospitals (p=0.001). Among the top ten of hospitals with the greatest scores, th