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Medical Education Development Center (MEDC) holds The 61st Medical Education Seminar & Workshop

The Medical Education Development Center (MEDC) of Gifu University held "The 61st Medical Education Seminar & Workshop" at Gifu University for three days from August 19 to 21, 2016. A total of 118 people attended from across the country. This event is one of the core activities of MEDC and is held four times a year to develop new medical education and its promotion as well as to improve education for medical staff by discussing a wide range of topics.

In the 61st Medical Education Seminar & Workshop, active discussions unfolded among the participants. They exchanged opinions about the given topics such as new specialist physician system, class teaching, student assessment, identity building of medical staff, active learning, cultivation of simulated patients, and Rubrics evaluative criteria.

On the first day of the seminar, Professor Tetsuhiro Maeno, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, and Professor Tsuyoshi Tada, School of Medicine Center for Medical Education and Clinical Training, Shinshu University, spoke about a participatory medical examination training program introduced at their respective universities. On the second day, Dr. Hiroshi Yoshimura, Okinawa Prefectural Nanbu Medical Center & Children's Medical Center, made a presentation entitled, "Multiple, miniature interviewing method to screen medical students before and after graduation."

During the session, the 2nd "MEDC Fellow & Associate" Certificate Award Ceremony was held. This is a new program launched by MEDC to promote its core functions as a collaboration center for medical education in Japan.

All the participants coming from around the country, were given a rare opportunity to extensively discuss the given topics and to form a friendship with one another.

The 62nd Medical Education Seminar & Workshop will be held at Hyogo College of Medicine from October 22 to 23, 2016.

Seminar in session

2016.09.05

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