自治医科大学 | Doctoral Course

Doctoral Course

The doctoral course develops people who can contribute to advancing medicine and improving community healthcare by providing them with the training necessary for them to acquire the advanced research capability necessary to conduct independent scientific research and the broad scholarship that will serve as the foundation to make that possible. Graduates of the doctoral course will be awarded a Doctor of Medicine degree.

Please note that to the university offers a Working Person Special Selection Examination for people who are employed in community healthcare, aspire to work in community healthcare, or who currently work in community healthcare (people working for hospitals, research organizations, government, educational institutions, or the private sector as physicians, dentists, pharmacists, researchers, and other staff, or who will after admission) and others to allow them to learn the latest medical knowledge and techniques and research issues faced on the frontlines of community healthcare, and then use what is learned to strengthen community healthcare.

1．Objective of the Doctoral Program

The doctoral course gives students the training necessary for them to acquire the advanced research capability necessary to conduct independent research as researches in specialty fields and the broad scholarship that will serve as the foundation to make that possible.

2．Specialties and Specialty Fields

Specialty	Specialty Field
Clinical and Community Medicine	Community Medicine, General Medicine, Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases, Oral and Digestive Diseases, Organ Pathophysiological　Surgery, Clinical Endocrinology and　Laboratory Medicine, Hematology and Clinical　Immunology, Psychiatry, Neurology and Musculoskeletal Diseases, Reproductive and　Developmental Medicine, Nephrology and Urology, Sensory Disorders, Anesthesia, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, Oncogenic Medicine
Human Biology	Human structure, Bio-molecular Medicine Biomedical Control Systems Biodefense System Basic Science of General Medicine,
Environmental Medicine and Human Ecology	Environmental and Ecological Medicine, Healthcare Systems,

3．Overview and Objectives of Specialties

Clinical and Community Medicine

Community Healthcare Studies consists of 13 specialty fields with the objective of training independent researchers and scholars with the ability to research theory and application in the fields of medicine, healthcare, and related areas to develop the field of medicine and strengthen healthcare in the community and contribute to improving the health of citizens in the community. Students are provided with instruction, practice, and training in areas related to community healthcare and clinical medicine while

acquiring the research capability and learning fundamental to employing clinical epidemiology, behavioral science, and medical science techniques to the treatment of lifestyle and common diseases and improving the quality of community healthcare and general healthcare (primary care, general diagnosis, patient interviews, outpatient care, family medicine, community healthcare, homecare, end-of-life care, medical welfare, medical evaluations, medical economics, medical anthropology, and other areas).
Give students the advanced research ability, diligent attitude, and corresponding broad scholarship foundation that are required to conduct the clinical and fundamental research for developing ways to identify the cause of, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of internal medicine disorders and surgical disorders (cardiovascular and respiratory disorders; digestive disorders; pathologic functional surgery; endocrine metabolic disorders; pathologic analysis; blood and immunity disorders; psychological, neuro, and musculoskeletal disorders; reproduction and development; kidney and urinary tract disorders; skin and sensory organ disorders; anesthesia, emergency treatment, and intensive care; oncology).

Human Biology

To gain a greater understanding of medicine, learning covers a wide range and is presented from biological structure and function (including control functions and defensive functions) to external causes, such as pathogenic microorganisms, and from fundamental research to applied research for clinical implementation. Studies consist of the following 4 specialties.

＜Human Structure＞

The 3 courses of structural analysis, functional cytology, and molecular pathology seek an understanding of human structure and pathology from mainly the morphological perspective from human organ tissue anatomical research and cellular organization ultra fine structural analysis to pathological approach to disorders.

＜Biomolecular Medicine＞

From the 7 courses of molecular biochemistry, cell biochemistry, molecular medicine, genome medicine, regeneration medical science, biomolecular science, and cell function control students engage in broad medical research from such fundamental research as nucleic acid and protein structure analysis and cell molecular functional analysis to translational research directly tied to clinical practice including genome analysis, gene therapy, and regeneration medicine.

＜Biological Controls Medicine＞

The 3 courses of molecular cytobiology, neurophysiology, and organ cellular physiology students study life phenomenon from the perspective of structural control mechanisms including explaining the gene discovery control mechanism, physiological approach to the central nervous system, and structural functional understanding through integration with analysis using the latest technologies.

＜Biodefense Medicine＞

In the 4 courses of cell molecular pharmacology, molecular virology, microorganisms and immunology, and animal parasite pathology students perform multifaceted biodefense related research such as pharmacological research at the molecular and cellular levels, molecular biological and molecular immunological research on the hepatitis virus, explain the bacterial infection pathogenic mechanism, and conduct comprehensive research on eukararyotic organisms.

environmental medicine and human ecology specialization

Through environmental medicine and human ecology specialization related instruction and practice students explore methods for comprehensively protecting human health by collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting external environmental factors and social systems, medical systems, etc. This process helps them understand the role played by environmental, social, and other factors in maintaining and improving the health of community residents. The objective of the following 3 specialty fields is to train researchers and specialists with the ability to comprehensively research the affect of environmental factors, including social systems and medical systems, on the health of groups of people with diversified genetic factors to meet a wide range of social needs.

＜Environmental Medicine and Environmental Immunology＞
This course conducts immunological studies of people to investigate the affect on human health of external environmental factors, such as living habits and environmental pollutants, and uses the knowledge gained from this to explain the health effect expression mechanism utilizing cellular biological techniques and animal testing.

＜Molecular genetics＞

This course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct diverse analyses of human biology using the molecular genetics approach, explains the individual difference occurrence mechanism and genetic disease agents in humans, and pursues the essence of life phenomena.

＜International Healthcare＞

In this course issues in the area of international healthcare are used as themes and research is conducted utilizing social medicine, experimental medicine, and clinical medicine techniques to provide training in compiling research results.