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Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine Clinical Observership Program Department Guide

The Department guide provides the following supplementary information about departments offered in the Clinical Observership Program:

• Department Links:

• Professor of the Department’s Profile, Department’s Website, Department’s Clinical Website, and List of Medical Cases in Japanese

• Time periods

• Durations

• Prerequisites

• Additional Requirements

• Notices

• Content

Please note the following:

• Not all of the departments listed in this supplementary information guide accept applications.

• In the case any of the sections are blank the department either does not have any preferences or does not provide any supplementary

information.

• Departments may not be able to accept applicants for additional time periods due to changes in their schedule.

• Departments may ask for additional requirements.

• Even if not indicated the content of the observership may occur in Japanese

Department Clinical Websites and Medical Cases List Links

The links to the departments’ clinical websites and list of medical cases is provided to give applicants a chance to learn more about the

department they may potentially apply to since, the many of the departments’ English websites do not have the latest information. Please keep

the following in mind when viewing the links:

• The links were not made for the Clinical Observership Program, however the information will help applicants learn more about the

departments they can apply to.

• Clinical observers may not be able to experience all of the cases listed on websites, however the sites should provide more information about

specialties of the departments. The medical cases a clinical observer will experience will be dependent on the patients the department sees

while the clinical observer attends the program.

• The medical cases the departments specialize in are listed under the Japanese words: 対象疾患

• The websites are entirely in Japanese. Please follow the following steps to translate the information:

• Click on the following link to open a dictionary server that can translate Japanese text to English, WWWJDIC.

• Copy and paste the Japanese text into the text glossing box and press begin translation.

• The server will provide a translation.

• If your browser cannot read Japanese text:

• Open up a search engine

• Search: browser does not display Japanese

• A number of solutions to the problem should appear

Departments

• Anesthesia and Pain Medicine • General Medicine • Otorhinolaryngology

• Breast Oncology (Breast Surgery) • General Thoracic Surgery • Pediatric General and Urogenital Surgery

• Cardiovascular Medicine • Hematology • Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

• Cardiovascular Surgery • Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

• Clinical Laboratory Medicine • Human Pathology • Psychiatry and Behavioral Science

• Clinical Pharmacology • Medical Oncology • Radiation Oncology

• Coloproctological Surgery • Metabolism & Endocrinology • Radiology (General)

• Dermatology and Allergology • Nephrology • Radiology (Neuro)

• Emergency and Disaster Medicine • Neurology • Rehabilitation Medicine

• Esophageal & Gastroenterological Surgery • Neurosurgery • Respiratory Medicine

• Gastroenterological Imaging and Interventional Oncology

• Obstetrics and Gynecology • Rheumatology

• Gastroenterology • Ophthalmology • Transfusion Medicine and Stem Cell Regulation

• Gastroenterology and Minimally Invasive Surgery

• Orthopaedic Surgery • Urology

Anesthesia and Pain MedicineLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • -

Duration • Min. 1 week• Max. 4 weeks

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • Observation of anesthesia administration and the pain clinic

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Breast Oncology (Breast Surgery)Links • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • -

Duration • Min. 2 weeks

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • The department specializes in breast oncology, which includes breast surgeries.• No endocrine surgeries take place in the department. • Participants must pay special attention to the treatment of patients in the outpatient clinic.• Participants are encouraged to engage in the conferences.

Content • Conferences• Outpatient clinic• Surgeries• Active participation in the discussions during the conferences and outpatient clinic observation

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Cardiovascular MedicineLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • -

Duration • 2 weeks

Prerequisites • Cardiovascular medicine bed side learning (BSL) portion of their medical school curriculum completed prior to the program• Cardiovascular medicine elective completed prior to their arrival• Passion to learn about cardiovascular medicine

Additional Requirements • Applicants must submit a document that indicates they have completed the prerequisites mentioned above.

Notices • -

Content • Cardiac catheterization• Cardiac computed tomography (CT)• Cardiac rehabilitation• Echocardiography• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)• Myocardial scintigraphy• Outpatient clinic

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Cardiovascular SurgeryLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Available Time Periods • The department is able to accept application requests outside of the following dates: • 1 July 2019 - 12 July 2019• 2 September 2019 - 13 September 2019 • 30 September 2019 - 11 October 2019 • 28 October 2019 - 8 November 2019• 25 November 2019 - 6 December 2019• 6 January 2020 - 17 January 2020• 3 February 2020 - 14 February 2020• Openings after April 2020 not yet available, but will most likely reflect the periods above.

Duration • Max. 2 weeks

Prerequisites • Passion and desire to learn about cardiovascular surgery

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • Participants are encouraged to ask questions about the surgeries.

Content • -

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Clinical Laboratory MedicineLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • Min. 2 weeks• Max. 8 weeks

Duration • -

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • The program will focus on carrying out basic clinical laboratory tests and experiment procedures.

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Clinical Pharmacology Links • Professor’s Profile

Time Periods • -

Duration • -

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • -

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Coloproctological SurgeryLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • Min. 2 weeks• Max. 8 weeks

Duration • -

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • Participants may need to stand for long periods of time while observing surgeries. • Some surgeries will continue until late into the night.

Content • Observation of surgeries, especially laparoscopic assisted colectomy, and colonoscopic examination, especially the ESD method• Participation in preoperative conferences and joint conferences with the department of gastroenterological medicine

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Dermatology and AllergologyLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • Max 2 weeks

Duration • -

Additional Requirements • -

Prerequisites • -

Notices • -

Content • Clinical wards • Conferences • Surgeries

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Emergency and Disaster MedicineLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases ( 救急科診療内容について )

Time Periods • -

Duration • Max 2 weeks

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • The department is more of a primary care center than an intensive care unit. • Observers may have the opportunity to attend a night shift during their observership. Applicants should indicate when they submit

their application if they would interested in completing a night shift. • Applicants may be able to apply for a one week observership in the Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine in Shizuoka

Hospital or Urayasu Hospital. The departments in the affiliated hospitals experience more emergency cases than the Main Hospital.

Content • -

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Esophageal & Gastroenterological SurgeryLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • The department is not currently accepting applications.

Duration • -

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • -

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Gastroenterological Imaging and Interventional OncologyLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Blog - Testimonials from previous clinical observers in English are on the blog.

Time Periods • -

Duration • Min. 2 weeks• Max. 8 weeks

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • Participants may need to stand for long periods of time while observing surgeries. • Participants should review the department’s blog before applying to the program.

Content • The department primarily focuses on RFA cases.

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GastroenterologyLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • Observerships not available during Golden Week.

Duration • Min. 1 week• Max. 4 weeks

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • Conferences are held in Japanese.

Content • Observation of gastroscopy, colonoscopy (including treatment), abdominal ultrasound, ward rounds, and ward conferences

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Gastroenterology and Minimally Invasive SurgeryLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • -

Duration • -

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • -

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General MedicineLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • Observerships not available between: 6 July 2020 - 6 September 2020

Duration • Min. 1 week• Max. 2 weeks

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • Observation of the ward and primary care center outpatient clinic• Participation in conferences and lectures• Other opportunities may be available, participants may submit inquiries to the department to discuss other potential options.

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General Thoracic SurgeryLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • -

Duration • Min. 1 week• Max. 4 weeks

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • Observation of preoperative care, preoperative management, postoperative care, and respiratory surgeries.

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HematologyLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • -

Duration • Min. 2 weeks• Max. 4 weeks

Prerequisites • Applicants with Japanese language ability are encouraged to apply.

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • Conferences are held in Japanese.

Content • Clinical studies of various hematologic diseases: leukemia, malignant lymphoma, multiple myeloma, bone marrow failure, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

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Hepatobiliary Pancreatic SurgeryLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • -

Duration • -

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • -

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Human PathologyLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website

Time Periods • -

Duration • Min. 2 weeks

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • Daily pathology work • Clinical Case Discussions • Conferences

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Medical OncologyLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • -

Duration • Max. 1 weeks

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • -

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Metabolism and EndocrinologyLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases (at the bottom of the page)

Time Periods • -

Duration • Max. 1 week

Prerequisites • Students must be in their final year of medical school during the period they hope to attend the program.

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • Self monitoring of blood glucose• Education program for diabetic patients• Discussions about each clinical case

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NephrologyLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • -

Duration • Max. 2 weeks

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • Observation of the ward and research laboratories• Participation in lectures for undergraduate participants if they occur during the program

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NeurologyLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • Observerships are not available:• 23 March 2020 - 17 April 2020• 4 May 2020 - 22 May 2020 • 27 July 2020 - 11 September 2020

Duration • Min. 2 weeks• Max. 4 weeks

Prerequisites • Neurology bed side learning (BSL) portion of their medical school curriculum completed prior to the program• Neurology elective completed prior to their arrival• Passion and desire to learn about neurology• Punctual• Fluent English speaker

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • The majority of doctors in the department specialize in PD• Observation of clinical examinations, image readings, outpatient clinic, deep brain stimulation, and tx such as botulinum toxin• Discussion with experts of various neurological areas in lectures as well as small round• Training on how to present case reports in department conferences • Encounter advanced level basic medical sciences• Enhance knowledge of neurology in all of its phases: basic, clinical, and social

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NeurosurgeryLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • -

Duration • Max. 2 weeks

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • Doctors will not be able to teach participants step by step. • The amount of surgical cases may vary. Certain periods may experience less cases.

Content • Observation of ward rounds and surgeries• Participation in conferences and lectures for undergraduate students

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Obstetrics and GynecologyLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • Min. 1 week• Max. 2 weeks

Duration • -

Prerequisites • Must be on time throughout the program.

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • Conferences• Inpatient Clinic • Operations • Outpatient clinics

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OphthalmologyLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • Max. 2 weeks

Duration • -

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • Participants may need to stand for long periods of time while observing surgeries.

Content • Observation of the outpatient clinic, surgeries, wards, and wet labs of surgeries

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Orthopaedic SurgeryLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • -

Duration • Min. 1 week• Max. 2 weeks

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • Musculoskeletal disorders• Inpatient Ward • Outpatient Clinic• Surgeries

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OtorhinolaryngologyLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • -

Duration • Max. 2 weeks

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • Lectures • Surgeries • Ward rounds

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Pediatric General and Urogenital SurgeryLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • -

Duration • Min. 1 week• Max. 4 weeks

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • Preoperative management • Pediatric surgery

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Pediatrics and Adolescent MedicineLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases• Group Introductions

Time Periods • -

Duration • -

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • Observation of almost all the activities in the entire ward• Conferences • ICU • Outpatient Clinic • Surgeries • Ward Rounds

• The following four groups make up the department:• General Group• Cardiology Group• Hematology Group • Neonatology Group

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Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeryLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • -

Duration • Min. 1 week

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • Observation of the outpatient clinic, ward rounds, surgeries and laboratories

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Psychiatry and Behavioral ScienceLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • -

Duration • -

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • Observers must have Japanese language ability.

Notices • -

Content • Clinical or related basic studies in psychiatric field

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Radiation OncologyLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases - Please note the links for all of the radiology departments go to the same site.

Time Periods • -

Duration • Min. 1 week

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • Radiation treatment planning for malignal diseases

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Radiology (General) Links • Professor‘s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases - Please note the links for all of the radiology departments go to the same site.

Time Periods • -

Duration • Max. 1 week

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • The department performs angiographies or minimally invasive surgical procedures which may require observers to stand for long periods of time. Observers may rest if they feel fatigued.

Content • Experience recent developments of diagnostic radiology and interventional radiology.

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Radiology (Neuro)Links • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases - Please note the links for all of the radiology departments go to the same site.

Time Periods • -

Duration • Min. 1 week• Max. 2 months

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • Experience recent developments of diagnostic radiology.

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Rehabilitation MedicineLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • -

Duration • -

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • -

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Respiratory MedicineLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • Observerships not available between: • January 1, 2019 - January 18, 2019• March 1, 2019 - April 19, 2019

Duration • Min. 1 week• Max. 2 weeks

Prerequisites • Medical students must be at least in their fifth year of medical school during the period they hope to attend the program.

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • Experience the clinical practice of respiratory medicine.• Shadow faculty members.• Academic reading

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RheumatologyLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • Observerships are not available in August

Duration • Max 1 week

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • Observation of the wards and ward rounds• Participation in clinical and research conferences• Lectures

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Transfusion Medicine and Stem Cell Regulation Links • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website

Time Periods • The department is not currently accepting applications.

Duration • -

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • -

Content • -

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UrologyLinks • Professor’s Profile

• Department’s Website • Department’s Clinical Website • Medical Cases

Time Periods • -

Duration • Min. 1 week

Prerequisites • -

Additional Requirements • -

Notices • Participants may need to stand for long periods of time while observing surgeries. • Conferences are held in Japanese.

Content • Observation of surgeries, outpatients clinic, wards, and laboratories• Observation of robotic surgeries• Participation in workshops and conferences

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