Development of an interprofessional education program using team-based learning and verification of educational effects of the program.

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26460589
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: MAENO Takami 筑波大学, 医学医療系, 講師 (80528480)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 専門職連携教育 / チーム医療教育 / Team-based learning（TBL） / プログラム評価

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Interprofessional work（IPW）can be considered an ace in the hole for dealing with the increasing medical needs of our rapid change into a super-aged society. As such, the importance of interprofessional education (IPE), which forms the foundation of IPW, is increasing. This research focused on both the development and verification of educational effect of an IPE program using team-based learning (TBL) that would be able to be implemented in a wide variety of medical educational facilities nationwide.
Furthermore, a nationwide survey was conducted to investigate the status of implementation of pre-registration IPE for medical students in Japan. Difficulty in arranging schedules among different academic disciplines and a shortage of instructors were cited as barriers to IPE implementation. TBL, able to be implemented with limited time and manpower, is thought to be one strategy to overcome these barriers.

Free Research Field

医学教育