Education about kampo medicine at Keio University Medical School
- VernacularTitle:慶応義塾大学医学部における漢方医学教育の試み
- Author:
Kenji WATANABE
;
Ko NISHIMURA
;
Atsusi ISHIGE
;
Gregory A. PLOTNIKOFF
;
Sadakazu AISO
;
Masaki KITAJIMA
;
Takahiro AMANO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
medical education;
kampo medicine;
model core curriculum;
postgraduate clinical practice
- From:Medical Education
2008;39(2):125-129
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
1) For third-year students at Keio University Medical School, 10 lectures are given about why kampo medicine is effective, Fourth-year students receive 8 lectures on kampo medicine and participate in independent study sessions 3 times a week for 4 months.
2) In lectures entitled “Why Is kampo Medicine Effective?”we introduce the functional mechanism of action of kampo medicine and address the skepticism of medical students. In the lecture series entitled “Kampo Medicine, ”we introduce the clinical foundations of kampo practice and provide students with a checklist of the key points of each lecture.
3) In the independent study sessions, several students perform mentored basic-science research into kampo's mechanism of action.
