
Reforming the Japanese medical system demands the training of technically proficient, ardently reform-minded staff. In hospitals all over the country, the highly rational Tokushukai system is cultivating superbly trained, caring specialists and general practitioners eager to give their patients the best. We invite outstanding doctors from universities and medical institutes throughout Japan. We exchange personnel and information with medical organizations abroad. In addition, we provide clinical training for public-health nurses, technicians, and therapists in a variety of different specialty fields and offer general nurses lifelong educational opportunities.
In addition to introducing the American postgraduate resident training system, Tokushukai has established and improved its own educational regimen to encompass the latest medical research and cutting-edge technology. Recognizing the advantages of our system, the Japan Internal Medicine Association Educational Hospital, the Japan Surgical Society, and the Japan Neurosurgical Society have certified Tokushukai as a medical training facility. As the many graduates of our course can attest, Tokushukai concentrates on cultivating not only knowledge and skill, but also the compassionate, caring attitudes all good doctors must have.
Japanese medicine today must strive to provide service as good as any available anywhere in the world. From its inception, Tokushukai has contributed to the attainment of this goal by enthusiastic participation in exchange programs with overseas organizations. For over twenty years, we have exchanged personnel and technology with Queen's Medical Center, the largest public hospital in Hawaii. We have invited top-level teachers to our hospitals and have participated in training programs with the U.S. Army life-saving task force. Tokushukai has so far accepted some 700 doctor trainees from 60 countries.
The project for realization of custom-made medical care as a leading project of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture will establish a bank for DNA and serum with the assistance of 300,000 patients. Tokushukai worked to educate medical coordinators who can explain the meaning of the research to all patients in order to obtain their consent, cooperating with The Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo.
To carry out their role on the frontline of medical care, nurses must have knowledge and technical skills, as well as warmth and compassion. Tokushukai devotes all-out efforts to educating nurses who put the patient first and who can serve the diversifying needs of society. We offer lifelong education to nurses in order to cultivate a compassionate approach as well as high-level technical training and postgraduate courses in intensive-care, crisis nursing, and administration.
Doctors, pharmacists, radiologists, laboratory technicians, and physical and occupational therapists must know how to effectively use the latest sophisticated equipment. The relaxed Tokushukai educational and research environment permits more experimentation with newer, better utilization than is possible at actual care sites. Assigning a specific research project to each staff member motivates technicians to master the latest developments in their fields. Inspired by this system, Tokushukai staff enthusiastically participate in academic conferences and publish the results of their research.