Medical Statistics and Healthcare Systems Research

1. Research for medical education
As we become actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, we perceive the significance of research in this area. We are conducting research on curriculum in a medical school, although the methodology of medical education is still developing and remains to be improved.
2. Research for primary care medicine
As generalists, we encounter common medical problems in our daily practice in the community. We are interested in the characteristics of common diseases, including their prevalence and outcomes. Moreover, we explore the relationship between human health and people's environments.
3. The effect of physician-patient relationship
The physician-patient relationship has traditionally been recognized as important to the practice of clinical medicine, because a good physician-patient relationship contributes to improved quality of care and health care outcomes. We explore the factors affecting this relationship in primary care settings. Ongoing projects include the following:
The factors affecting this relationship in primary care settings
The relationship between consultation hours and patients' satisfaction
4. Research for health care systems
We also explore health care systems in community medicine, networks of medical institutions, and physicians' career choices. Nowadays, few researchers have shed light on the problems of the medical delivery system and localized medical workforces. These topics are:
Impact on healthcare systems under recent large-scale mergers of cities, towns and villages
Research on the appropriate scale of a hospital in a community
Doctors' career choices and paths in rural areas