title: [The surgical subspecialty board in Japan].
abstract: This article deals with a 7-year endeavor to reform the board certification system of surgical specialty and subspecialty, outlining of 29 meetings of the surgical subspecialty board in Japan. The surgical societies are responsible to constantly improve the quality of the surgical training programs and qualification systems so that the board certified surgeons are accepted and treated as true surgical specialists in this country.
authors: Tokyo General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Akira
authors: A
authors: Furuse
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D002983:Clinical Competence; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013044:Specialty Boards / Q000639:trends*