No rain, No rainbow
Are you living a life according to other people’s expectation?
Let’s take actions for yourself and for others, instead of just wondering what is possible.
29% YOUNG DOCTORS SUFFER FROM DEPRESSION
Douglas A.Mata,MD,MPH;Marco A Ramos,MPhil,MSEd;Narinder Bansal,PhD;et al:JAMA 2015;314(22):2373-2383
ICARE
Five measures to support young physicians and medical students

What is ICARE?

5 Phases to supporting young physicians and medical students

INTERVIEW

Reduce the focus on exams and conduct interviews to obtain a deeper understanding of interviewee’s character and potential.

Reduce the focus on exams and conduct interviews

COLLABORATE

Emphasize collaboration instead of competition

Doctors without collaboration skills and a spirit of teamwork will not suceed as you know.

Education and training must be designed to develop these critical skills.

Test results often do not accurately reflect people skills like collaboration.

ASK FOR HELP

I think recent young doctors are very, very smart. Do you agree it?

But they may hesitate to forward a step after they can not go success.

Hire counselors, develop anonymous SNS questionnaires and encourage people to ask for help.

Breaking the stigma that asking for help is a sign of weakness is critical for the success of this intervention.

Make doctors’ health a top priority and increase rest.

REDUCE WORKLOAD

Make doctors’ health a top priority and increase rest.

Focus on their strengths and facilitate dialogue to discuss and learn from mistakes

ENCOURAGE

Focus on their strengths and facilitate dialogue to discuss and learn from mistakes

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November 6, 2025

Have you ever seen the movie Patch Adams (released in 1998),…

今もアメリカに実在する医師、パッチ・アダムスの映画（1998年公開）をご覧になったことはありますか？ https://www.patchadams.org/patch-adams/ 　そのパッチ・アダムスの意思を引き継いだクラウン(clown)たち、約30名が、世界中から集まって、８日間にわたり日本でツアーをすることになりました（今回、パッチ・アダムス本人は参加されません）。このクラウンツアーは、1985年から行われていますが、30年の歴史の中で、初めて日本で開催されます。 …