Maeshiro Masao, Izutsu Satoru, Connolly Kathleen Kihmm
University of Hawai'i Postgraduate Medical Training Program, Okinawa Prefectural Chubu Hospital, Okinawa, Japan (MM).
Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2014 Jun;73(6):191-4.
The University of Hawai'i (UH) has been collaborating with Okinawa Prefectural Chubu Hospital for over 46 years. This collaboration started as a post-World War II effort to increase the physician workforce. At the initiation of the US Army and State Department, the University of Hawai'i was recruited, in cooperation with the government of the Ryukyus and USCAR, to initiate a US style postgraduate clinical training program. The Postgraduate Medical Training Program of University of Hawai'i at Okinawa Chubu Hospital introduced a style of training similar to that in the US by offering a rotating internship. The initial contract had UH establish and run the Postgraduate Medical Training Program of University of Hawaii at Okinawa Central Hospital. After Okinawa's reversion to Japan, under a new contract, UH physicians participated as consultants by providing lectures at "grand rounds" and guidance to faculty, staff, and students. To date, 895 physicians have completed the University of Hawai'i Postgraduate Medical Training Program with 74 currently training. Approximately 662 (74%) of the trainees have remained in Okinawa Prefecture to practice medicine. As a result, the program has enhanced the physician workforce for the islands of Okinawa and neighbor archipelagos of Miyako and Yaeyama Islands.
夏威夷大学（UH）与冲绳县中部医院合作已超过46年。这种合作始于二战后增加医师劳动力的努力。在美国陆军和国务院的发起下，夏威夷大学与琉球政府和美国陆军研究与发展司令部合作，被招募来启动一个美式研究生临床培训项目。夏威夷大学在冲绳中部医院的研究生医学培训项目通过提供轮转实习引入了一种类似于美国的培训方式。最初的合同让UH在冲绳中央医院设立并运营夏威夷大学研究生医学培训项目。冲绳回归日本后，根据新合同，UH的医生作为顾问参与其中，在“大查房”上授课，并为教职员工和学生提供指导。到目前为止，已有895名医生完成了夏威夷大学研究生医学培训项目，目前还有74人正在培训。大约662名（74%）受训人员留在冲绳县行医。因此，该项目增加了冲绳岛以及宫古岛和八重山群岛等邻近群岛的医师劳动力。
