Figure 2.

The Impact of Japan's 2004 Postgraduate Training for University Hospital Training (Ikyoku)

The blue line is the percentage of the graduates choosing the traditional university hospital (Ikyoku) training system compared to the red line which are those choosing the non-university hospital training (non-Ikyoku) system. There have been an increasing percentage of Japanese medical students choosing non-University/non-Ikyoku post graduate programs which are patterned after US residencies since 2004.