The Consensus of this Committee is:
1) To change the name of the present committee from "Premedical Education Committee" to "Committee on Behavioral and Social Science" ; accordingly to discuss theoretical foundations, clinical application, learning objectives and outcomes of behavioral and social science in Japanese medical schools.
2) To collect actual case studies of teaching behavioral and social sciences in Japanese medical schools and create a database for such practices.
3) To develop behavioral and social science curriculum content in Japanese medical schools.
4) To organize training courses for teaching methods for behavioral and social science curricula and develop standardized teaching methods and materials.