Member Feedback is Requested on Spring 2023 Resolutions
(March 2023) Fourteen (14) resolutions will be considered at the Spring 2023 Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting. Please review each resolution and then indicate your support or opposition by completing the electronic response form by the deadline your ACP Chapter Governor has requested or by March 22, whichever comes first.
Your comments will be forwarded to the Chapter Governor to be used as part of their testimony on behalf of the chapter. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Giampietro, BOG Administrator, at chapter@acpmembership.org. Thank you for your input.
(NOTE: Proposed resolutions should be considered confidential information and are intended to be viewed by ACP members only. Under no circumstances should proposed resolutions be shared with the news media or social networking media, nor should they be shared with other individuals and organizations. Proposed resolutions do not represent ACP policy.)
Call for Fall 2023 Resolutions
(February 2023) Are you concerned about a practice or clinical issue or have an idea you'd like to suggest? If so, you might consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or chapter council.
Initiating a resolution provides ACP members an opportunity to focus attention at the ACP national level on a particular issue or topic that concerns them. Participating in the Board of Governors resolutions process provides the ACP grassroots member a voice and allows you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.
Not sure how to begin drafting a resolution? Researching the College's position on an issue can give you a start. The just released ACP Board of Governors Resolutions Guide for ACP Members is now available to download and will help, too. The Guide was created to provide members a short overview of the resolutions process essentials and highlights critical ACP online resources you must use.
Once drafted, members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. Chapter council approval to move resolutions forward to ACP national is required. A resolution becomes a resolution of the chapter once the chapter council approves forwarding it to national. If effecting change interests you, the deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the Fall 2023 Board of Governors Meeting is March 30, 2023.
Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.
We Request Your Feedback on the Proposed Fall 2022 Board of Governors Resolutions
(August 2022) We would like to request your feedback regarding resolutions that will be considered at the Fall 2022 Board of Governors Meeting. The resolutions have been posted on ACP Online for your review and cover an array of topics such as supporting paid sick leave for U.S. workers, covering insulin pumps under CMS Part B for insulin dependent diabetics, and integrating a health equity framework into methods for developing ACP clinical guidelines.
After considering the intent of each resolution and how it fits with the College’s Mission and Goals, please provide your feedback on each resolution and indicate your support or opposition by completing the electronic response form by August 31. Your input will be used as part of testimony on behalf of the chapter.
Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to provide comments regarding these resolutions. By providing your feedback on the Board of Governors resolutions, you have helped to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine. Please visit the chapter’s Web site after the Fall 2022 Board of Governors meeting for updates.
Congratulations New Japan Chapter Fellows
- Hiroyoshi Iwata, MD FACP
- Minoru Kishi, FACP MD PhD
- Tetsuhiro Yoshino, MD FACP
(July 2022) Congratulations to the Japan Chapter's newest Fellows. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP® is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internist lives and practices.
BOR Action on Spring '22 BOG Resolutions
(June 2022) A summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the Spring 2022 Board of Governors (BOG) meeting is now available. Resolutions initiated by ACP members and endorsed by a chapter council and the BOG become ACP policy when adopted by the BOR.
If you have an idea you'd like to suggest to ACP, consider submitting a resolution to our chapter.
Congratulations New Japan Chapter Fellows
- Daisuke Katagiri, MD PhD FACP
- Hiroshi Sudo, MD FACP
(March 2022) Congratulations to the Japan Chapter's newest Fellows. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP® is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internist lives and practices.
BOR Action on Fall '21 BOG Resolutions
(December 2021) A summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the Fall 2021 Board of Governors (BOG) virtual meeting is now available. Resolutions initiated by ACP members and endorsed by a chapter council and the BOG become ACP policy when adopted by the BOR.
If you have an idea you'd like to suggest to ACP, consider submitting a resolution to our chapter.
Congratulations New Japan Chapter Fellows
- Yasuyuki Arai, MD FACP
- Mio Ebato, MD PhD FACP
- Mayumi Fukuda-Doi, MD PhD FACP
- Osamu Hamada, MD FACP
- Ryutaro Tanizaki, MD PhD FACP
(December 2021) Congratulations to the Japan Chapter's newest Fellows. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP® is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internist lives and practices.
ACP Japan Chapter Student Committee presents: Online Seminar Series “A Career in the US as a Doctor”
(October 2021) This project is based on the results of the "Student Attitude Survey" conducted by the Student Committee of the ACP Japan Chapter. The results of this survey showed that the number of medical students who want to work overseas is very high, 381 out of 548, or about 70% (however, this is a voluntary survey and should take into account the fact that many of the respondents are interested students). However, there was a gap in the number of students who said they were "seriously thinking" about working abroad, at 40%. The current situation is that few students actually take action.
Therefore, we, the student committee, proposed a series of seminars and platforms where students can learn from the experiences of their seniors at each stage of their careers, from the introduction of why they want to do clinical work in the U.S. to obtaining the USMLE and their subsequent careers.
Ultimately, the goal is to make a career in the U.S. for Japanese doctors a clearer and more accessible option through a series of projects.
#0 (Held on April 17th, 2021)
In our first seminar, Dr. Hajime Yamauchi, who works as a General Practitioner in Australia, will give a lecture as #0 Introduction. In particular, he will talk about "the differences between Australian and Japanese medical practices" and "the process for Japanese doctors to work in Australia". Dr. Yamauchi has a diverse background, including experience as a medical officer in the Antarctic research expedition as well as in Japan.
#1 (Held on May 16th, 2021)
In this second seminar, we will have a presentation by Mr. Gaki Nukatani, an active medical student and this year's USMLE Step 1 passer. He will give us a talk about the following questions based on his own experiences;
“Why did you decide to take the USMLE in the first place?”
“What happened on the way to obtaining it?”
“What are your future plans after obtaining the USMLE?”
#2 (Held on June 6th, 2021)
The third seminar in this series will be given by Mr. Hiroki Uno, a 6th year student at Yamagata University, who passed the USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK. Mr. Uno himself said he was not a good English speaker, but will be sharing his experience of passing Step1, Step2 CK. We hope you will have many questions for him.
#3 (Held on July 17th, 2021)
The fourth seminar in this series will be given by Dr. Yuhiko Shima, a surgeon and anesthesiologist at the University of Minnesota in the United States. He will talk about his career to date, why he decided to work as a doctor in the U.S., and his message for medical students and doctors in Japan who want to pursue clinical practice in the U.S.
New Fellows
(July 2021) Congratulations to the following members who have advanced to ACP Fellowship in the past six months:
- Yoshitaka Fukuzawa, MD FACP
- Naoki Inoue, MD FACP
- Akihiro Ohmoto, MD PhD FACP
- Kiyoshi Shikino, MD FACP