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Title: Introducing Kanazawa Medical University Uchinada, Ishikawa, JAPAN


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Introducing Kanazawa Medical University
Uchinada, Ishikawa, JAPAN
Ikumi FURUMOTO Manager Center for International
Exchange Kanazawa Medical University
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Kanazawa Medical University (KMU)
Sea of Japan
Founded in 1972 Only private medical university
on the Sea of Japan side
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Yaroslavl State Medical Academy
Kanazawa Medical University
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The First Visit of the Delegates from Yaroslavl
State Medical Academy to Kanazawa Medical
University November 18, 2008
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Visiting our University HospitalNovember 18, 2008
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80 Medical schools in Japan

Private schools 29 Public schools
8 National schools 43
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The Mission ofKanazawa Medical University

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• To educate doctors
• with humanity,
• advanced knowledge
  
• and widespread capability
• to be able to contribute to
  mankind

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Organization
Executive Board
School of Medicine School of Nursing
Graduate School University Hospital
Medical Research Institute
University

• President of University
• Yuichi Yamada, M.D., Ph.D.

Chairman of Board of Directors Koichi Yamashita,
M.D., Ph.D.
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KMU School of Medicine
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Medical Education System in Japan

• 1. Undergraduate Course of Medical School
• Year 1 general education
• 2 basic sciences
• 3 clinical medicine
• 4 clinical medicine
• Common Achievement
  Test including CBT and OSCE
• 5 clinical training
• 6 clinical training
• 2. National Exam for Medical Practitioners (MD)
• 3. Residency program for 2 years
• 4. 4-year graduate programs (PhD)

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KMU University Hospital
Opened in 1974
835 beds 33 clinical departments 5 specialized
centers
418 doctors 675 nurses 245 co-medicals
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Residency Program in KMU Hospital

(2010)
1st year Internal medicine for 6 months
Emergency for 3 months
Surgery, Anesthesiology, Pediatrics,
OB/GYN or Psychiatry for 1-2
months (2 units) 2nd year
Community medicine for 1 month
Clinical training in KMU Hospital
off-university program for 11 months
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KMU Research Activities ?Grants in 2008
a total of 729,000,000 Yen ?Grants from
MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,


Science and Technology)
86,840,000
108,030,000
88,770,000
75,209,000
63,800,000
58,100,000
yen
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KMU School of Nursing
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Kanazawa A Cultural and Traditional City

Kenrokuen Park
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Kenrokuen Park (Winter)
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Kanazawa Castle (Autumn)
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Thank you very much for your kind attention