指導に当たる meaning? To teach someone or to be taught by someone I was reading a passage about the life of Hideyo Noguchi and found this phrase. The biography said > 3951 > My question is, does that mean that Hideyo taught and instructed the local physicians in Africa or was he taught by those locals?

{} here means "to be in charge of (a task)", "to take on (a job)", etc.

Thus, {}{}{} means:

" ** _He was in charge of training local doctors_**."