The complexity of modern medicine requires that doctors undergo seven years of academic training, but even after that further specialist training is usually required.
由於台大醫院的前身是日據時代的台北帝大附屬醫院，因此台灣光復初期，教學仍承繼日式作風。日本的傳統醫學教育採放任主義，教授重視研究而不注重教學，上課不點名，考試放水的情形也相當普遍。