Establishing Compassionate Medical Communication Model Focused On Cross-Cultural Competency

Research Project

Project/Area Number	26670249
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Medical sociology
Research Institution	University of Miyazaki
Principal Investigator	Yokoyama Shozo 宮崎大学, 医学部, 教授 (60347052)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	南部みゆき宮崎大学, 医学部, 准教授 (90550418) 本部エミ宮崎大学, 語学教育センター, 講師 (10755515)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	HOMBU Amy 宮崎大学, 語学教育センター, 講師 (10755515)
Project Period (FY)	2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords	医療コミュニケーション / 共感的コミュニケーション / 異文化能力 / TACCT / 医療コーチング
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Education for medical communication in Japan, especially in terms of doctor-patient communication, is now undergoing significant changes in reaction to the new accreditation standards established by ECFMG, and TACCT by AAMC. Although effective measures and skills have not fully been explored yet, this research has been used to establish an educational model as a pilot study in a Japanese medical school. This was carried out in order to help learners develop compassionate communicative competence, with particular emphases on cross-cultural awareness and narrative competence.