title: [Past and present of clinical pathology/laboratory medicine in university hospitals in Japan].
abstract: Clinical pathology was introduced into Japan after the year of 1945 from the USA. The history of clinical laboratory system and clinical pathology education system in the Japanese medical schools is reviewed. All 80 university hospitals (44 national, 8 prefectural and 28 private) have clinical laboratories, and 55% of university hospitals had established central clinical laboratories before the year of 1970 when new medical schools (34 totally) began to be founded. The first full-time professor of clinical pathology was nominated in 1951, and currently there are 75 full-time professor/chairs in 94% of the university hospitals. Sixty nine universities/colleges or 86% have independent departments in their undergraduate medical faculty, consisting of 42/44 national, 7/8 prefectural and 20/28 private medical schools. In 85% or 67 medical schools, the graduate course of clinical pathology/clinical laboratory medicine has been established.
authors.affiliation: Jichi Medical School.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawai
mesh_terms: D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010338:Pathology, Clinical / Q000193:education* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012577:Schools, Medical; D000078329:Workforce