1.Evaluation of the Model Core Curriculum for Clinical Clerkship
Yoshifumi ABE ; Eiji GOTOH ; Mitsuoki EGUCHI ; Nagayasu TOYODA ; Kazuo ITOH ; Yutaka INABA ; Ryozo OHNO ; Tadahiko KOZU ; Yuichi TAKAKUWA ; Yuko TAKEDA ; Masahiro TANABE ; Nobutaro BAN ; Osamu MATSUO ; Osamu FUKUSHIMA ; Hiromichi YAMAMOTO
Medical Education 2004;35(1):3-7
In March 2001, Research and Development Project Committee for Medical Educational Programs proposed a model core curriculum for undergraduate medical education. In this curriculum, implementation of the clinical clerkship is strongly recommended. Two similar curriculum models were later presented by other organizations, and some differences were observed among them. We, Undergraduate Medical Education Committee, have evaluated and compared themodel core curriculum 2001 with the Japanese newer proposals as well as those of USA and UK. Here is reported our proposals for a better rewriting of the learning objectives in the model core curriculum 2001, with some emphasis on the nurture of the competence of the case presentation and decision making process.
2.Desirable Educational Environment for the Better Clinical Clerkship
Hiromichi YAMAMOTO ; Yuko Y TAKEDA ; Masahiro TANABE ; Yoshifumi ABE ; Eiji GOTOH ; Tadahiko KOZU ; Ryozo OHNO ; Kazuo ITOH ; Yutaka INABA ; Mitsuoki EGUCHI ; Yuichi TAKAKUWA ; Nagayasu TOYODA ; Nobutaro BAN ; Osamu FUKUSHIMA ; Osamu MATSUO
Medical Education 2004;35(1):9-15
In order to implement, or enhance the quality of clinical clerkship, it is necessary to develop good educational environment which will be appropriate to allow medical students participate in medical team services. Important things to be considered will be, (1) Systematic management of the individual department's program by the faculty of medicine, (2) Developing educational competency within the medical care team function, and (3) Nurturing students' awareness forself-diected learning and cooperative team work, and teaching- and medical staffs' awareness of their educational responsibilities. In this paper, to develop better educational environment for clinical clerkship, we propose a desirable situation of the educational organization, dividedly describing on the roles of dean, faculties, board of education, department of medical education, clerkship director, teaching physicians, residents and medical students.