Outcome evaluation of community-based medical education: About empathy and clinical skills of medical students

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25460623
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: Okayama University
• Principal Investigator: Kataoka Hitomi 岡山大学, 医歯(薬)学総合研究科, 教授 (20420490)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): IWASE TOSHIHIDE 岡山大学, 岡山大学大学院医歯薬学総合研究科地域医療人材育成講座, 助教 (80614924)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 地域医療 / 医学教育 / 共感性 / ポートフォリオ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research project, we performed following analysis in order to clarify the influence of community- based education on empathy and clinical skills of medical students. #1: Quantitative analysis about learning points in community-based education, using e-portfolio system, #2 Analysis about students’ empathy and relationship between community-based education, #3 Analyzing influence on medical- interviewing skills by participating community-based education, #4 Outcome evaluation in clinical clerkship and influence by the experience of community-based education, #5 Analysis about career choice and influence by the experience of community-based education. Through the analysis, we conclude that #1 students can learn well-balanced learning points through community-based education, #2 community-based education have possibility to increase empathy and medical communication skills of students, #3 learning experience in 5-6 year can influence the career choice of students.

Free Research Field

医療社会学