A National Survey of Community-Based Medical Education in Japanese Medical Schools (second report)

Yoshihiro Kataoka; Tetsuhiro Maeno; Toshihide Awatani; Seitaro Iguchi; Kazuo Inoue; Tetsuhiro Owaki; Masanobu Okayama; Eiji Kajii; Keisuke Takeuchi; Kenji Tani; Hitoshi Hasegawa; Takahiro Maeda; Nobuo Murakami; Wari Yamamoto; Junichi Mise; Takefumi Kanda

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A National Survey of Community-Based Medical Education in Japanese Medical Schools (second report)

VernacularTitle:A National Survey of Community-Based Medical Education in Japanese Medical Schools (second report)
Author: Yoshihiro KATAOKA ¹ ; Tetsuhiro MAENO ² ; Toshihide AWATANI ¹ ; Seitaro IGUCHI ² ; Kazuo INOUE ² ; Tetsuhiro OWAKI ² ; Masanobu OKAYAMA ² ; Eiji KAJII ² ; Keisuke TAKEUCHI ² ; Kenji TANI ² ; Hitoshi HASEGAWA ² ; Takahiro MAEDA ² ; Nobuo MURAKAMI ² ; Wari YAMAMOTO ² ; Junichi MISE ² ; Takefumi KANDA ²
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1. Department of Primary Care and Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
2. Japanese council for community-based medical education
Keywords: community-based medical education; national survey
From:Medical Education 2017;48(3):143-146
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: Introduction: Recently, community-based medical education has become widespread in Japanese medical schools, but the current status is not clear on a national level. A second survey of community-based medical education at all Japanese medical schools was conducted. The first survey was done in 2011. Methods: Members of the Council made and distributed a questionnaire to medical schools in order to assess the situation of community-based medical education as of April 2014. Results: A total of eighty schools responded. The number of schools which had community medicine programs was seventy-eight. In the first survey, the number was seventy-three. Seventy-seven schools gave community-based clinical clerkships. Discussion: The number of medical schools that had curriculum about community medicine was more than indicated in the first survey. Further research about the contents or implementation system of community-based clerkships is needed.