| Theme | Certification system for dialysis specialists ; its present status and future in Japan | |
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| Title | The future certification system for physician dialysis specialists in Japan | |
| Publish Date | 2014/06 | |
| Author | Kazuyoshi Okada | Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine |
| [ Summary ] | Dialysis specialists are physician specialists who provide crucial treatment to patients receiving life sustaining treatments. The training curriculum, training programs, as well as instruction manuals for dialysis specialists are all currently being revised to meet the guidelines for specialists in certification systems. There reforms will enable us to train dialysis specialists who also have qualities which allow us to lead dialysis teams, we must acquire the knowledge of sophisticated techniques and skills needed to respond quickly to complications and procedural accidents. Although it is difficult for physician dialysis specialists to be certified as specialists with subspecialty training, we have concerns about the future prospects of these physicians being certified by the Japanese specialty organization as specialists. We firmly believe in the certification process and have makes efforts to create a better specialty certification system. The goal is to have more than one physician dialysis specialist present at each dialysis center across the country. |
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