Clinic-based Training for Medical Students
- VernacularTitle:大学外卒前医学教育：地域での医学教育Ｃｏｍｍｕｎｉｔｙ‐Ｂａｓｅｄ Ｍｅｄｉｃａｌ Ｅｄｕｃａｔｉｏｎ 卒前医学教育の場としての診療所実習について
- Author:
Masashi SHIRAHAMA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
community-based medical education;
clinic-based training;
coordination of preventive medicine-medical treatment-welfare;
primary care;
contextual care
- From:Medical Education
2003;34(3):159-163
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
In clinic-based training, medical students take part in various activities, including watching or assisting in clinical procedures and participating in home visits, vaccinations, industrial inspections, health education, and elderly service adjustment meetings. Through these experiences students gain a practical understanding of the importance to primary care of a close patient-physician relationship; consideration of the life and background of patients and families; continuity of care; a suitable relationship between a primary-care clinic and a hospital or specialist; a team approach with other medical staff, such as nurses, community health nurses, helpers, and social workers; and medical and welfare resources of the community. These concepts are difficult to teach effectively in a large university or private hospital. On the basis of my experiences, I would like to comment on the policy of clinic-based training and problems in expanding such training.
