Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Dr. Koji Hashii, Dr. Yoshihiro Yamahata, Dr.
Reiko Mochizuki, Dr. Kazuya Kawamata, Dr. Hideaki Yoshihara, Dr. Mikiko
Higashi, Dr. Mie Sakamoto and Dr. Eiji Kondo, who worked together with
the instructors of the J-MELS. We also wish to acknowledge Dr. Naomi
Arima, the chairman of the Kagoshima Association of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists, who promoted this programme all over the Kagoshima
Prefecture. Finally, we would like to thank Editage
(www.editage.com) for English
language editing.