Table 5 Board certification status for physicians who moved from hospitals to clinics between 2010 and 2012
From: Internal medicine board certification and career pathways in Japan
Board certification status | 2010 in hospitals | 2012 in clinics | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||
Area of board certification | |||||
| Â | General internal medicine | 371 | 34.9 | 326 | 30.7 |
| Â | Gerontology | 27 | 2.5 | 21 | 2.0 |
| Â | Gastroenterological medicine | 302 | 28.4 | 270 | 25.4 |
| Â | Hepatology | 80 | 7.5 | 90 | 8.5 |
| Â | Cardiology | 242 | 22.8 | 223 | 21.0 |
| Â | Respiratory medicine | 116 | 10.9 | 103 | 9.7 |
| Â | Neurology | 70 | 6.6 | 60 | 5.6 |
| Â | Diabetes | 126 | 11.9 | 124 | 11.7 |
| Â | Metabolism | 29 | 2.7 | 32 | 3.0 |
| Â | Nephrology | 87 | 8.2 | 79 | 7.4 |
| Â | Hematology | 36 | 3.4 | 30 | 2.8 |
| Â | Rheumatology | 41 | 3.9 | 37 | 3.5 |
| Â | Infectious diseases | 15 | 1.4 | 11 | 1.0 |
| Â | Allergy | 28 | 2.6 | 28 | 2.6 |
Number of board certifications | |||||
| Â | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 131 | 12.3 |
| Â | 1 | 642 | 60.4 | 511 | 48.1 |
| Â | 2 | 340 | 32.0 | 347 | 32.6 |
|  | ≥ 3 | 81 | 7.6 | 74 | 7.0 |