Recently, there has been an increase in the number of Japanese students who want to practice medicine in Japan after receiving their education in a Hungarian medical school and passing the Japanese national examination for medical practitioners. It is of great concern whether they received a sufficient amount of medical education to meet the public trust. Researchers from Japan visited Hungary and observed their medical education system. There are 4 national medical schools that have international courses for educating students from abroad in English. Three of those schools also offer education in German. The Japanese researchers observed international courses being taught in English at Semmerwise University in Budapest and Debrechen University in Debrechen, the 2nd biggest city in Hungary. Although the international education system is not much different from other European countries, some systems such as small group tutorial education, assessment via oral examination, and the requirement of a graduation thesis stood out as key strengths of the Hungarian education system.

Introduction: Recently, community-based medical education has become widespread in Japanese medical schools, but the current status is not clear on a national level. A second survey of community-based medical education at all Japanese medical schools was conducted. The first survey was done in 2011.
Methods: Members of the Council made and distributed a questionnaire to medical schools in order to assess the situation of community-based medical education as of April 2014.
Results: A total of eighty schools responded. The number of schools which had community medicine programs was seventy-eight. In the first survey, the number was seventy-three. Seventy-seven schools gave community-based clinical clerkships.
Discussion: The number of medical schools that had curriculum about community medicine was more than indicated in the first survey. Further research about the contents or implementation system of community-based clerkships is needed.

　Since 2009, a five-day, regional health care, clinical clerkship in medically underserved areas has been available to all fifth-year medical students at the University of Tsukuba. In the program, students listen to and observe health problems in non-clinical settings, wherever these problems actually exist. Students can experience health care lectures and health examinations. They can also experience a clinical work environment. The short stay helps students to understand the living environment of the area they observe. It is also effective for students to consider health problems from the perspective of the local inhabitants. This program aims to directly convey the interest and importance of community medicine, and to contribute to the supply of physicians in these areas. A longitudinal study is needed to evaluate the effect of the program.