Practical Report of the First-Year Experience Medical Students Using ICT : Trial of Online Disability Simulations

Fumi Shishido; Kaoru Toshima; Tomohiro Arikawa; Tomomitsu Miyasaka; Masashi Sasaki; Toshihiko Watanabe; Kunio Itoh; Akihiko Yonezawa; Isao Ohno; Yutaka Nakamura

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Practical Report of the First-Year Experience Medical Students Using ICT : Trial of Online Disability Simulations

VernacularTitle:ICTを活用した医学部初年次教育の実践報告 ―オンラインハンディキャップ体験学修の試み―
Author: Fumi SHISHIDO ¹ ; Kaoru TOSHIMA ¹ ; Tomohiro ARIKAWA ¹ ; Tomomitsu MIYASAKA ¹ ; Masashi SASAKI ¹ ; Toshihiko WATANABE ² ; Kunio ITOH ² ; Akihiko YONEZAWA ² ; Isao OHNO ¹ ; Yutaka NAKAMURA ¹
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1. Center for Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University
2. Pharmaceutical education Center, Faculty of Pharmaceutical sciences, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University
Keywords: ICT; first-year experience; online classes; disability simulations
From:Medical Education 2023;54(1):80-85
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan, offers “Early Exposure to Medical Practice” in the first semester for first-year medical students to learn about patient-centered care as well as the real-world conditions and issues faced in community medical practice. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic during the past two years, we planned and implemented online training, including some disability simulations, which mostly aimed to prevent the spread of infection. The students who completed these training courses reported that the online training had certain advantages over hands-on training ; the two activities implemented were not only effective in preventing infection but also had other benefits that only an online environment could provide. Herein, we report the results and some of the merits of these practices in 2021.