JPNOverview
Three-year social medicine specialist training in which trainees work from year one as public health administrative physicians in Tokyo's public health centres or the metropolitan government, with main field 'administration/community' and sub-fields in industry/environment and healthcare.
The programme
- Focus
- Public health administration (行政・地域)
- Training type
- Specialist training programme
- Duration
- 3 years
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- About 30 (about 10 per year)
- Accreditation
- Japanese Board of Social Medicine (社会医学系専門医協会) — social medicine specialist (社会医学系専門医) training programme
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Physicians who have completed initial (junior) clinical training; public health physicians hired by Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Hachioji/Machida cities or the special wards may all join as trainees
- International applicants
- Not stated on official page
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Japanese medical licence and completion of initial clinical training
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- Apply for employment as a public health physician through the Tokyo Metropolitan Government coordination; employed physicians may register as trainees
Funding
- Funding
- Salaried employment as a public health physician (terms not stated in the programme document)