Mami Mizuta and Tsukasa Tawara are sixth-year medical students at the University of Tokyo. With support from SJSF Japan, they came to Stockholm for clinical training through their university’s exchange programme with Karolinska Institutet.
They spent four weeks each in two very different settings: Rheumatology at Karolinska University Hospital, and Primary Care. One offered advanced specialist medicine, the other community-based care. In both, they took part in patient interviews and physical examinations and practised clinical reasoning.
They recorded what they learned in log books, gave case presentations, reviewed literature and received feedback from supervisors. Along the way, they discussed the differences between the Japanese and Swedish healthcare systems with local doctors and staff – gaining a broader view of Swedish healthcare and adding to a long-term exchange between the two institutions.
