[Symposium 80] Medical Education: Challenges and Advancements

[SY-80] Medical Education: Challenges and Advancements

Je-Yeon Yun¹, Cheng-Sheng Chen², Hirokazu Fujita³, Lisa De Andermann⁴, Tsuyoshi Akiyama⁵ (1.Seoul National University(Korea), 2.Kaohsiung Medical University(Taiwan), 3.Kochi University(Japan), 4.University of Toronto(Canada), 5.Rokubancho Mental Clinic(Japan))

Medical Education continues to be a focus of intense attention. In this symposium, Je-Yeon Yun reports on the predictors of medical internship performance and residency entrance in Korea and finds subtypes of performance trajectory in training physicians. In the interview and medical internship, performance was predicted to be among the top 30% and lowest 10% of performers in the first year of residency training, respectively. Individualized educational programs to enhance the prospect of trainees becoming high-functioning physicians are needed. Cheng-Sheng Chen discusses the efforts to advance Competency-Based Medical Education for Psychiatrist Training in Taiwan. Psychiatrists required by today's and future society must meet the current and future needs of mental healthcare in society. Competency-Based Medical Education offers a concrete and feasible approach to fostering the professional competencies of psychiatrists so they can meet societal demands and expectations. Hirokazu Fujita presents medical education in Japan, which consists of a six-year program. After graduating from medical school, students must take the National Medical Licensing Examination, and complete a two-year clinical training program. After this two-year clinical training, individual physicians may aim to become specialists, such as psychiatrists. Since this medical training system differs from other countries, an overview of Japan’s system will be provided. Lisa Andermann discusses Cultural Psychiatry Residency Training in Canada. In a highly multicultural and diverse country such as Canada, attention needs to be paid to working with ethnocultural populations, immigrants, refugees, and newcomers, as well as indigenous populations, to ensure a high quality of mental health care and mental well-being. Canadian Psychiatric Association published a position paper that looks at history, colonialism, and structural inequities and proposes solutions, including taking part in advocacy. This paper offers guidelines on addressing racism in psychiatric training and practice in Canada.