Research on the establishment of the master program for healthcare profession education in Japan

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K08546
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: Gifu University
• Principal Investigator: Suzuki Yasuyuki 岐阜大学, 医学部, 教授 (90154559)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 西城 卓也 岐阜大学, 医学部, 准教授 (90508897)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): NISHIGORI Hiroshi 京都大学, 医学研究科, 准教授 (10463837) ; TAGAWA Masami 鹿児島大学, 医歯学総合研究科, 教授 (90261916) ; KIKUKAWA Makoto 九州大学, 医学研究院, 講師 (60378205)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 医療者教育 / 修士課程

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We investigated the curriculum of master courses of health profession education in the world, and the important mission or outcomes of these master courses were research, innovation, leader, scholar, transform, change agent, academic career, developer, practitioner, education psychology, and specialist. We also performed a nation-wide questionnaire survey and clarified more than 100 healthcare educators in various professions hoped to learn in such a master courses. This study will provide important information for the establishment of the master courses for healthcare professions in Japan.

Free Research Field

医学教育