title: Where does the new regime of medical specialty certification go?
abstract: The certification system of medical specialty is going to be changed to a new regime after the proposal of reorganization conducted by the Government in 2013. This review focuses on the issue of program-based accreditation of the training institution which is the core of the new regime. In particular, the strategy for surgical subspecialty such as thoracic surgery is discussed.
authors: Japanese Board of Medical Specialty, Tokyo, Japan, hmatsudahuhs@gmail.com.
authors: Hikaru
authors: H
authors: Matsuda
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D002568:Certification / Q000592:standards; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D007564:Japan; D008511:Medicine
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