We investigated the effects of evaluation of education by medical students using the minutes paper, which was developed by Professor Yasuoka, also of Tokai University. The minutes paper consists of 3 questions with 10 gradedchoices and of 8 questions with 2 graded choices. One of the 3 questions with 10 graded choices asks a general impression of a lecture. Every faculty member at the Tokai University School of Medicine should be evaluated once a year by students using the minutes paper. A total of 202 faculty members were evaluated in 1999 or in 2000, and 73 of these faculty members were evaluated in both 1999 and 2000. The faculty members were divided into 3 groups (low grade, moderate grade, and high grade) on the basis of their grades in 1999. In 2000, the low-grade group achieved higher evaluation scores, whereas the moderate-and high-grade groups did not. These results suggest that our evaluation system with minutes papers was effective for improving teaching faculty members with low grades.

Hemodialysis patients need to acquire exercise habits because physical inactivity in hemodialysis patients is associated with increased mortality. However, factors associated with exercise habits in hemodialysis patients are unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors related to exercise habits in hemodialysis patients. We measured 104 hemodialysis patients' exercise habits (transtheoretical model：TTM), laboratory data, self-efficacy (SE), short physical performance battery and grip strength, nutritional index, dialysis vintage, fluid removal, and Kt/V. Multiple linear regression analysis was carried out to assess the association of the aforementioned factors with TTM. As a result, in multiple linear regression analysis, SE, age, and Kt/V were associated with TTM (R2＝0.34, p＜0.05). hemodialysis patients may require mental support, such as SE and adequate dialysis dose, to acquire exercise habits.

Hemodialysis patients need to acquire exercise habits because physical inactivity in hemodialysis patients is associated with increased mortality. However, factors associated with exercise habits in hemodialysis patients are unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors related to exercise habits in hemodialysis patients. We measured 104 hemodialysis patients' exercise habits (transtheoretical model：TTM), laboratory data, self-efficacy (SE), short physical performance battery and grip strength, nutritional index, dialysis vintage, fluid removal, and Kt/V. Multiple linear regression analysis was carried out to assess the association of the aforementioned factors with TTM. As a result, in multiple linear regression analysis, SE, age, and Kt/V were associated with TTM (R2＝0.34, p＜0.05). hemodialysis patients may require mental support, such as SE and adequate dialysis dose, to acquire exercise habits.