Katayama, Kohta https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8076-7188
Takada, Toshihiko https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8032-6224
Nishizaki, Yuji https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6964-6702
Nagasaki, Kazuya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8312-7802
Shimizu, Taro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3788-487X
Yamamoto, Yu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2247-4963
Watari, Takashi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9322-8455
Tokuda, Yasuharu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9325-7934
Chopra, Vineet https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8670-9376
Ohira, Yoshiyuki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2606-3611
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (21IA2004)
Article History
Received: 15 July 2025
Accepted: 26 September 2025
First Online: 3 November 2025
Declarations
:
: This study was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration. Its protocol were approved by the Ethics Review Board of the Japan Institute for Advancement of Medical Education Program (JAMEP) (22–9). We obtained informed consent from all the participants prior to the survey. The research consent document stated that the question results would be anonymized.
: All the participants provided informed consent for publication of anonymized data.
: Dr. Nishizaki received an honorarium from the JAMEP as the General Medicine In-Training Examination (GM-ITE) project manager. Dr. Tokuda is the JAMEP director, and he received an honorarium from JAMEP as a speaker of the JAMEP lecture. Dr. Shimizu and Dr. Yamamoto received an honorarium from JAMEP for their roles as exam preparers of GM-ITE.