Investigating the perceptions of career development as the Japanese regional quota medical students and graduates in A prefecture

Abstract

Abstract Background There are few reports about the perceptions of the regional quota called Chiikiwaku medical students and graduates. Method Eighty‐four medical students and 41 graduates were enrolled in A prefecture. The questionnaire comprised 22 items scored on a 7‐point Likert scale, focusing on perceptions of merit and demerit of Chiikiwaku. The data were collected online. Results Chiikiwaku students scored higher on an item such as ‘regional quotas are a solution to the doctor shortage’. Chiikiwaku graduates felt more burdened than Chiikiwaku students. Conclusion Our results suggested that the perception of Chiikiwaku was different between Chiikiwaku students and graduates.

Keywords

• Chiikiwaku
• community medicine
• development of Chiikiwaku questionnaire
• Japanese regional quota system
• perception of Chiikiwaku