Research Themes

1. Medical education
2. Community medicine education
3. Research related to the recruitment and establishment of doctors in the community
4. Cohort studies in the community
5. Research related to skill acquisition for chest x-ray photographs
6. Research related to maintaining motivation for medical students

Details

We conduct research on:

1. Curricula, clinical capability, evaluation methods, and clinical clerkship.
2. Community medicine education towards the cultivation of human resources that are responsible for community medicine.
3. The recruitment and establishment of doctors for areas that have a doctor shortage.
4. The health promotion and disease prevention of community residents.
5. 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.
6. We are also conducting research to investigate when and how medical students’ motivation declines.