Sat. May 18, 2019 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM Room 2 (2F Room A)

Organizer:Tomio Suzuki(General Medicine, Osaka Medical College), Kentaro Asakura(Daifuku Clinic, Japan)
Chair: Tesshu Kusaba(The Hokkaido Centre for Family Medicine, Japan), Amanda Howe(Norwich Medical School, Univeristy of East Anglia, UK)

WONCA has declared the importance of Young Doctors Movement to promote the implementation of UHC: Universal Health Coverage that WHO already has put forward and the education for bringing up younger family doctors. On the other hand, Japan has just introduced the new education and certification system designed by Japanese Medical Specialty Board, expecting younger generations to have their own career as family doctors/general practitioners to care the patients, the community, and the nation.
In this session, firstly, we want to discuss why we emphasize YDM for our academic activities. The campaign of YDM has expanded gradually so far. Secondly, leaders of YDM from the Asia-Pacific Region and other regions will make a brief presentation of their own viewpoints regarding the situations of their own countries, why they commit to YDM, and the challenges of nowadays. These presentations will be expected to trigger our ideas and motivations, and give awareness of the importance of thinking globally and having action plans for achieving UHC. We also expect the ex-chair of WONCA, Amanda Howe to listen to the voice of younger generations and give us brilliant advice for the future.



Tesshu Kusaba
1999 M.D. Kyoto University School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
1999-2001 Junior Resident, Nikko Memorial Hospital, Muroran, Japan
2001-2003 Senior Resident in Family Practice, Hokkaido Centre for Family Medicine,
Caress Alliance, Muroran, Japan
2003-2006 Motowanishi Satellite clinic, Hokkaido Centre for Family Medicine
2006- Director and chair, Hokkaido Centre for Family Medicine
2019- President, Japan Primary Care Association

License and Certification
Japan Primary Care Association certified family physician
International member of Royal college of general practice

Public Work:
Executive vice president, Japan Primary Care Association
Executive council member, WONCA Asia Pacific Region
Member, Regional Medical Council of Hokkaido prefecture
Adjunct lecturer, Kyoto University School of Medicine

Publication and translation
T.Kusaba, et al. “The Essence of Family medicine”, Kai shorin, Tokyo, 2011.
T.Kusaba, et al. “Family Medicine”, Person shobou, Tokyo, 2013.
T.Kusaba, et al. “Inner Consultation” , Kai shorin, Tokyo, 2014.
T.Kusaba, et al. “Training for General practitioner”, Nakayama shoten, Tokyo, 2016.



Amanda Howe
Amanda Howe is a practising family doctor, an academic professor, and a national and international leader in family medicine. Since 2001, she has been Professor of Primary Care at the Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, where she was part of the founding team for a new medical programme. She has particular expertise in the teaching and learning of professionalism and patient safety; in the models and effectiveness of involving family medicine in community based medical education; and in resilience and doctors’ wellbeing. She also has clinical research interests in primary care mental health, the contribution of patients to health care, and in early interventions for risk factors. She served from 2009 – 2015 as an Officer of the Royal College of General Practitioners, previously chairing their research committee and the U.K. Society for Academic Primary Care. She is Immediate Past President of the World Organization of Family Doctors, having served as President from 2016-2018.