Department of Medical Education and Research
Research Themes
- Medical education
- Community medicine education
- Research related to the recruitment and establishment of doctors in the community
- Cohort studies in the community
- Research related to skill acquisition for chest x-ray photographs
- Research related to maintaining motivation for medical students
Details
We conduct research on:
- Curricula, clinical capability, evaluation methods, and clinical clerkship.
- Community medicine education towards the cultivation of human resources that are responsible for community medicine.
- The recruitment and establishment of doctors for areas that have a doctor shortage.
- The health promotion and disease prevention of community residents.
- The effective acquisition of knowledge of respiratory medicine including that of chest x-ray photos. We hold lectures and study groups in the community, and are involved in DVD-production and publications.
- We are also conducting research to investigate when and how medical students’ motivation declines.