Surveys on the pregraduate and postgraduate education on child and adolescent psychiatry in Japan

Abstract

The aim of the study is to clarify the results of Survey-1993 conducted by the commitee on the education system in Japanese Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry regarding the present situation of education on child and adolescent psychiatry in Japan, and to compare these with the results of Survey-1982 conducted by late Professor Makita (Tokai University). The questionnaire, originally designed by Makita, consists of two parts of pregraduate and postgraduate education, and is sent to chairpersons of the psychiatric departments of all the 80 medical schools in Japan. The response rate was 74% in Survey-1993 and 78% in Survey-1982. With regard to pregraduate and postgraduate education, the results between Survey-1993 and Survey-1982 did not show a remarkable change. This indicates that Japan has many unresolved problems in responding to increasing social needs to supply trained psychiatrists for children and adolescents.