title: Matching system within clinical training facilities group of clinical dental training in Tokyo Dental College Chiba Hospital.
abstract: Since clinical dental training became mandatory in April 2006, Tokyo Dental College Chiba Hospital has been offering the following two types of training system: 1. a single system, and 2. a clinical training facilities group system. The clinical training facilities group system consists of program B, in which residents are trained in a cooperation-type clinical training facility for 3-4 months, and program C, in which residents are trained in two cooperation-type clinical training facilities for 7-8 months. A matching system within the clinical training facilities group is applied to select and decide on the cooperation-type clinical training facility for residents. In this system, the ranking of resident candidates that a cooperation-type clinical training facility would like to accept, and the ranking of training facilities that candidates choose are matched. The present study investigated the matching system within the clinical training facilities group in 2006, 2007, and 2008. The rate of matching to their third choice was more than 90% in program B and about 80% in program C in each year, suggesting a high matching rate. The percentage of cooperation-type clinical training facilities accepting dental residents dropped due to a decrease in the number of such residents. The distribution of accepted cooperation-type clinical training facilities is concentrated in Chiba Prefecture where our hospital, the management-type clinical training facility, is located, and the neighboring prefectures.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Dentistry, Tokyo Dental College Chiba Hospital, Mihama-ku, Tokyo, Japan. yamakura@tdc.ac.jp
authors.forename: Daiki
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yamakura
authors.forename: Masatake
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsunoda
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Toshiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noro
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kameyama
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ichinohe
authors.forename: Takuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishii
mesh_terms: D004497:Education, Dental / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006268:Health Facilities; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000145:classification / Q000379:methods*; D007564:Japan; D012575:Schools, Dental / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors