Virtual Hospital Tour and Observership for First and Second-year Medical Students
- VernacularTitle:医学部1, 2年生に対するバーチャル病院見学・医師業務見学実習の試み
- Author:
Keiichiro ISHIBASHI
1
;
Satomi SHIBAZAKI
2
;
Tomoe SUGIYAMA
1
;
Yumi YONEOKA
2
;
Ryuichiro ARAKI
2
;
Makiko UEMURA
3
;
Kyoko ONISHI
2
;
Yasuko YAMADA
4
;
Yuuki KAWAMURA
2
;
Kensuke NAKAHIRA
2
;
Kohei KANEDA
3
;
Yuka SHIBAZAKI
3
;
Masafumi OYAMA
2
;
Takeo TAKAHASHI
2
;
Koji TOMORI
5
;
Morihiro HIGASHI
6
;
Michio SHIIBASHI
7
;
Shigehisa MORI
8
Author Information
- Keywords: early exposure program; virtual hospital tour training; virtual observation medical doctors’ work training
- From:Medical Education 2021;52(3):221-226
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
- Abstract: Students in all years, including those in lower years, were prohibited from coming to campus because of COVID-19, which began to spread in January 2020. However, we believed that a hospital tour and observership would be important practical training for first and second year medical students as part of the early exposure program, which aims to increase student motivation. Thus, we decided to conduct a virtual hospital tour and a virtual observation of medical doctors’ work. We used Zoom to conduct a virtual hospital tour for first-year students in June, and a virtual observation of physicians’ work for second-year students in December. Although this offered less of an opportunity to experience the reality of the clinic, there have been benefits in terms of increased learning content, fairness of learning opportunities delivered, and the promotion of independent learning. With regard to a “Hospital Tour” and the “Observation of Medical Doctors’ Work” , we believe that hybrid forms, which are able to skillfully combine the strengths of the two methods, would be effective.
