Dr Hiroshi Nishigori

Dr. Hiroshi Nishigori is an Associate Professor at the Center for Medical Education, Kyoto University, Japan. He graduated from Nagoya University School of Medicine in 1998 and became a Fellow of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine (2004) and a Diplomate in Primary Care of the Japan Primary Care Association (2011). He obtained a Masters Degree in Medical Education from University of Dundee (2008). Beyond working as an academic medical educator at Kyoto University, he is also working as an academic GP (General Practitioner) in the department of general medicine, Otowa Hospital, Kyoto.

His research interests include BUSHIDO and medical professionalism (especially work ethics, altruism and pro-sociality) and Hypothesis-driven physical examination (HDPE), on both of which he published papers in international journals. He is working as an editor of the Journal, Medical Education Japan, an external faculty for the essential course in medical education (ECME) of CPIRD (Collaboration Project to Increase Production of Rural Doctors) in Thailand, a core member of the APME-Net (Asian Pacific Medical Education Network) based on Singapore, and an Ambassador of Japan for the AMEE (Association of Medical Education in Europe).