40th Breakfast Meeting “General Practitioner: Current situation and future prospects in Japan”
date : 12/13/2012
On December 13th, 2012, the Health and Global Policy Institute was hosted its 40th Regular Breakfast Meeting. On this occasion we welcomed Professor Ryuki Kassai of the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Fukushima Medical University, to speak on the theme of “General Practitioner: Current situation and future prospects in Japan”.
Japan, as a country with a rapidly aging society, has seen growing attention being paid to family medicine as a means for solving the varying medical problems associated with aging and supporting the entire community.
To discuss the ways in which family medicine can address community medical needs, we were pleased to receive a talk from Dr. Kassai. Dr. Kassai is Japan’s doyen of family medicine, and spoke about the current situation of family medicine in Japan, together with case examples from overseas.
■Theme
General Practitioner: Current situation and future prospects in Japan
■Speaker
Prof Ryuki Kassai, MD, PhD, MRCGP
Professor and Chair, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Japan
■Time and Date
December 13th, 2012 (Thursday) 8:00-9:00 （Doors open at 7:45)
■Venue
GARB Marunouchi （2-2-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo）
Japan, as a country with a rapidly aging society, has seen growing attention being paid to family medicine as a means for solving the varying medical problems associated with aging and supporting the entire community.
To discuss the ways in which family medicine can address community medical needs, we were pleased to receive a talk from Dr. Kassai. Dr. Kassai is Japan’s doyen of family medicine, and spoke about the current situation of family medicine in Japan, together with case examples from overseas.
■Theme
General Practitioner: Current situation and future prospects in Japan
■Speaker
Prof Ryuki Kassai, MD, PhD, MRCGP
Professor and Chair, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Japan
■Time and Date
December 13th, 2012 (Thursday) 8:00-9:00 （Doors open at 7:45)
■Venue
GARB Marunouchi （2-2-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo）
Registration deadline: 2012-12-10
Exhibition date：2012-12-13
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