Japan to encourage med schools to train doctors with donated bodies

The government will encourage medical schools to introduce surgical training for practicing doctors and dentists using donated bodies in a bid to reduce malpractice, health ministry sources said Sunday.The ministry has requested 500 million yen ($4.5 million) in the state budget for fiscal 2018 to subsidize universities introducing the training program, more than 10 times the amount allotted in the budget for the current fiscal year, the sources said.While endoscopic surgery has been increasingly chosen in recent years to lessen the burden on patients, it requires higher surgical skills and…READ FULL ARTICLE