title: Emergency medicine in Japan. A look at a current university hospital and the problems faced.
abstract: At present, some outstanding problems regarding Japanese emergency medicine are a serious lack of staff for emergency departments and a great demand for emergency medicine specialists. Medical associations relevant to emergency medicine should collaborate with each other to share what information they have, as well as putting in place provisions to help solve problems associated with emergency medicine. This collaboration should occur nationwide with the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. t-ezaki@dem.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ezaki
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashizume
mesh_terms: D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D020380:Needs Assessment; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration; D000078329:Workforce