Japanese Medical Specialty Board Specialist Training in Urology (national pathway)

Overview

National basic-specialty (基本領域) training pathway in Urology under the Japanese Medical Specialty Board (JMSB) system; accredited programmes follow the society's programme standards (研修プログラム整備基準) linked from the JMSB trainee page.

The programme

Training type

National training pathway

Specialty associations

Not yet verified

Learning format

Not yet verified

Duration

Multi-year; set by the society's programme standards (see official document)

Start

April (annual JMSB trainee recruitment cycle)

Positions

Annual quotas allocated per programme by JMSB

Accreditation

Japanese Medical Specialty Board (日本専門医機構)

Department

Not yet verified

Eligibility and visa

Eligibility

Doctors who have completed Japan's two-year initial clinical training and register as specialty trainees (専攻医) through JMSB

Qualification requirement

Not yet verified

Citizenship requirement

Not yet verified

Practice location requirement

Not yet verified

Membership requirement

Not yet verified

Eligibility restrictions

Open only to doctors holding a Japanese medical licence

Language

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Teaching language

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Clinical language

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International applicants

Open only to doctors holding a Japanese medical licence

Licence requirement

Japanese medical licence required

Visa route

Not yet verified

Visa sponsorship

Not yet verified

Visa support

Not stated on the official page

How to apply

Deadline

Set annually by JMSB (trainee registration/application window published on the JMSB trainee page)

Application method

Trainee registration and programme application via the JMSB 専攻医登録 system

Documents

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Contact

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Funding and costs

Tuition / fees

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Application fee

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Stipend / salary

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Scholarship

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Funding

Not stated on the official page

Sources and verification