Table 2 Japanese medical schools with palliative medicine education instructors with various professional backgrounds, 2001 through 2015 (in percentages)
From: A survey of palliative medicine education in Japan’s undergraduate medical curriculum
2001 (N = 67) | 2005 (N = 72) | 2009 (N = 66) | 2012 (N = 67) | 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All (N = 66) | Department of palliative medicine (+) (N = 11) | Department of palliative medicine (−) (N = 55) | P value | |||||
Anesthesia | 37 (55.2) | 38 (52.8) | 45 (68.2) | 40 (59.7) | 34 (51.5) | 1 (9.1) | 33 (60.0) | P = 0.002 |
Internal medicine | 14 (20.9) | 25 (34.7) | 20 (30.3) | 20 (29.9) | 13 (19.7) | 1 (9.1) | 12 (21.8) | NS |
Surgery | 24 (35.8) | 14 (19.4) | 17 (25.8) | 13 (19.4) | 7 (10.6) | 1 (9.1) | 6 (10.9) | NS |
Psychiatry | 14 (20.9) | 8 (11.1) | 14 (21.2) | 16 (23.9) | 19 (28.8) | 1 (9.1) | 18 (32.7) | NS |
Palliative medicine | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 14 (20.9) | 31 (47.0) | 9 (81.8) | 22 (40.0) | P = 0.018 |