Comprehensive Medical Education

　In recent years, the systems surrounding the training of physicians in Japan have been continuously changing, including the Model Core
Curriculum for Medical Education and Common Achievement Tests, making clinical training mandatory, increase in the number of medical
students, accreditation of medical education based on global standards, a new medical specialist system, legalization of medical practice by
medical students based on the revised Medical Practitioners’ Act, workstyle reform for physicians, and so on. The Department of Comprehensive Medical Education, as a department specializing in medical education, is supporting on (1) revision of the degree program of the School of Medicine based on the mission and academic outcomes, and on the Model Core Curriculum for Medical Education, (2)appropriate implementation and management of student assessment, including Common Achievement Tests, and (3) planning, formulation, implementation and management of clinical clerkship based on the viewpoint of seamlessly linking pre- and post-graduate medical education. Furthermore, (4) in order to solve various problems on medical education, the department is conducting research, development and dissemination in collaboration with academic organizations in the field of medical education in Japan and abroad.