An Education Survey on "What is Medicine" -through the Perspective of Yonezo Nakagawa
10.11307/mededjapan.51.4_379
- VernacularTitle:「医学とは何か」を問う教育の実態調査 : 中川米造の医学概論の観点から
- Author:
Shogo TOYAMA
1
;
Anna AOKI
1
;
Kazuhiko FUJISAKI
2
;
Hiroshi NISHIGORI
3
;
Medical Education Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
Author Information
1. Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University
2. Medical Education Development Center, Gifu University
3. Center for Medical Education, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University
- Keywords:
undergraduate medical education;
medical humanities;
Yonezo Nakagawa
- From:Medical Education
2020;51(4):379-388
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Background: We investigated how undergraduate medical curriculum handles the question “what is medicine” , which Yonezo Nakagawa raised in a field of study called “Igaku-gairon” . Method: We analyzed the content, the amount, the methods, the assessment, and the teachers using syllabi that are accessible on the Internet as resources. Results: In 69 schools, the total number of hours of instruction in “philosophy of medicine and medical ethics” , “sociology of medicine and medical anthropology” and “history of medicine” was 1066 h 20min, 213 h 5min, and 192 h 5min, respectively, representing 72%, 14%, and 13% of the total instruction. Analysis: We found that their were classes which address the question “what is medicine” without using the word “Igaku-gairon” can be sporadically found in medical curriculum.
