Tokyo Women's Medical University

School of Medicine

Department of Medicine Basic Pedagogy

Overview

The Department of Medical Education, the Office of Teaching and Learning IR, English, Japanese, and Foreign Language and Culture in the School of Medicine merged to form the Department of Medicine Basic Pedagogy.
We educate female doctors who can understand patients' feelings and practice better medical care through lectures and practical training in academic skills, skills, attitudes, and culture to be acquired in the School of Medicine.
We are conducting research on the development of medical school curricula, medical education techniques, and evaluation methods, and are conducting PBL tutorials, team-based learning (TBL), and mini-CEX, a simplified clinical skills evaluation method which are widely used in medical schools across the country. We are also in charge of the Problem-Solving Assessment Test (P-SAT), which was originally developed by our university. We started them as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus infection from 2020 and are deeply involved in the realization of distance education as part of the development of future learning styles.
In addition, we oversee Faculty Development to enhance the educational capabilities of the medical school faculty. And the University's medical education was highly evaluated during the international external evaluation in 2012 and the field-specific medical education audits by the Japan Medical Education Evaluation Organization in 2019.

Education Details

In the core subjects, a new clinical skills education method is conducted in "Biodefense and Immunology," "General Clinical Diagnosis," "Clinical Reasoning TBL," "Introductory Clinical Practice," and "Basic Practice in Medical Treatment. In longitudinal courses, we are in charge of "How to Learn and Think about Medicine," "Tutorial," "Practical Learning of 'Sincerity and Love,'" "International Communication," "Basic and Medical Expression Skills," and "Information Processing and Statistics.
Elective courses offered include "English (Basic Listening I, II)," "English (Medical Discussion I, II)," "Medical English I, II," "Japanese Expression (School of Nursing)," "Speech Communication," "Elementary Chinese I, II," "Elementary Korean I, II," "Elementary German I, II," and "Elementary French I, II.

Research Details

We are researching educational techniques and methods for measuring educational effectiveness with reference to medical education in Japan and abroad. We are also conducting research on the development and validation of simulation education techniques and on the selection of students for admission.

Faculty

Professor and Division head Akiko NISHII
Professor Jun KAKOGAWA
Associate Professor Takako Matsumoto
Associate Professor Yukiko ITOU
Associate Professor (Fixed Term) Shigeki SUWA
Lecturer Takako TSUJIMURA
Lecturer Tomoka SATO
Lecturer Roxanna YAMAMOTO-RAVENOR

Related links

Research Achievements Database

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