Development of effective education methods of Geriatrics by introducing simulation education

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25460612
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: Tokyo Medical and Dental University
• Principal Investigator: Kaneko Eiji 東京医科歯科大学, 統合教育機構, 准教授 (10302853)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 老年医学 / 医学教育 / シミュレーション / 模擬患者 / 認知症 / 高齢者 / 研修医 / 医学生

Outline of Final Research Achievements

According to surveys of 80 medical schools nationwide and trainee doctors at Tokyo Medical and Dental University, the schools with the department specialized in geriatric medicine have been educated more effectively the knowledge and the skills necessary for the treatment of the elderly people, and the trainee doctors who graduated from such schools were high in the treatment ability of the elderly people by the self-evaluation. Therefore, it is important to have the department of geriatrics.
We introduced new geriatric medicine curriculums, such as the geriatric block. As for the simulation education, we performed research and development of (1) the aging game using the orthosis, (2) cognitive impairment experience using a head-mounted display, (3) practical teaching materials for dementia using computer software, and (4) scenarios for the medical interview of the elderly and the cognitive function testing using simulated patients.

Free Research Field

老年医学教育