Integrating Clinical Education and Anthropological Fieldwork: Moving Beyond Outcome-Centric Models to Embrace Serendipity and Contextual Learning

Junichiro Miyachi; Ayumi Takayashiki; Norihiro Hayakawa; Sachiko Ozone; Yoshinori Matsui; Junko Teruyama; Shuhei Kimura; Tetsuhiro Maeno

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Integrating Clinical Education and Anthropological Fieldwork: Moving Beyond Outcome-Centric Models to Embrace Serendipity and Contextual Learning

VernacularTitle:人類学的フィールドワークに基づいた臨床実習の試み ―目標に収束する教育から, 現場の偶発性をもとに創り出す教育へ―
Author: Junichiro MIYACHI ¹ ; Ayumi TAKAYASHIKI ² ; Norihiro HAYAKAWA ³ ; Sachiko OZONE ⁴ ; Yoshinori MATSUI ⁵ ; Junko TERUYAMA ⁴ ; Shuhei KIMURA ¹ ; Tetsuhiro MAENO ²
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1. Azai Higashi Clinic
2. Center for Medical Education, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University
3. Hokkaido Centre for Family Medicine
4. Department of Primary Care and Medical Education, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
5. Hitachi, Ltd. Hitachinaka General Hospital
Keywords: anthropology; fieldwork; clinical education; serendipity
From:Medical Education 2024;55(1):13-19
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: The extent to which students’ experiences are enriched by incorporating anthropology into clinical education in undergraduate medical education has not been adequately examined. The authors have collaborated to integrate anthropological fieldwork with clinical education in a clinical clerkship course. Reflection on the course has highlighted that the principles of anthropological fieldwork have stimulated changes in the roles of both faculty and students, as well as their interpersonal dynamics. These changes have the potential to promote an ‘education emerged from serendipity in the field’ approach, which tends to be undervalued in the current clinical training driven by the prevailing outcome-based medical education paradigm.